A Blacksburg-based nonprofit has eliminated more than $51 million of medical debt for 35,007 residents in Southwest Virginia, according to a press release.
The Secular Society, a nonprofit founded in 2013, focuses on addressing community needs across the Southwest region. Since 2020, it has partnered with Undue Medical Debt, a New York-based nonprofit organization that buys medical debt.
[Disclosure: The Secular Society’s three-year challenge grant was instrumental in the creation of Cardinal News. It has no influence on our news coverage or decisions and is not a current donor. See our policy.]
Undue Medical Debt uses donations to purchase large bundles of medical debt for pennies on the dollar….