(The Center Square) – A Latino political action group helped with the purchase of $133 million in medical debt among Nevada residents in Clark and Washoe counties.
The joint debt relief effort by Latino group Somos Votantes and the nonprofit Undue Medical Debt drew attention to a national trend of mounting health care costs.
“There are thousands of people out there who are really struggling with the high cost of living, who are really struggling with the high cost of health care,” Emmanuelle Santillan, the Somos Votantes national communications director, told The Center Square. “We hope that this eases those concerns and that they’re able to sit down at their kitchen table come the holidays, and breathe a little easier knowing…