Doctor Clears Debt for 200 Cancer Patients
Enter your number to get our free mobile app
In this article, AARP asks: If you are diagnosed with cancer, which expert should you see first - a medical specialist or a money manager? It breaks my heart that people have to worry about getting healthy without bankrupting their families.
Dr. Omar Atiq, an oncologist in Arkansas, saw that stress coupled with the difficult times created by the COVID-19 pandemic and decided to do something to make his patients lives a little bit easier . According to Arkansas Online, Atiq retired earlier this year and at the time he had 200 patients with outstanding balances that totaled about $650,000.