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NEW YORK (WCMH) --&nbsp;Comedian John Oliver says he bought the medical debt of nearly 9,000 people and forgave it on his TV show "Last Week Tonight".According to , Oliver announced his giveaway on his HBO show Sunday night.Oliver said his show created its own collection agency and paid $60,000 for $15 million in medical debt. The segment was during a scathing takedown of the debt-purchase industry.In, what he calls TV history, Oliver forgave the debt of nearly 9,000 people in an unprecedented move that will begin the process of wiping it clean from people's records.Oliver says his move was worth double the value of Oprah Winfrey's famous car giveaway.

NEW YORK (WCMH) --&nbsp;Comedian John Oliver says he bought the medical debt of nearly 9,000 people and forgave it on his TV show "Last Week Tonight".According to , Oliver announced his giveaway on his HBO show Sunday night.Oliver said his show created its own collection agency and paid $60,000 for $15 million in medical debt. The segment was during a scathing takedown of the debt-purchase industry.In, what he calls TV history, Oliver forgave the debt of nearly 9,000 people in an unprecedented move that will begin the process of wiping it clean from people's records.Oliver says his move was...

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