The Latino engagement group Somos Votantes Education Fund partnered with the national nonprofit Undue Medical Debt to write down $133 million of existing medical debt for people in Nevada.

Undue Medical Debt uses funding provided by donations to buy medical debt from health providers and collection agencies at steep discounts, the Nevada Current reported.

The 128,000 people who qualified are expected to get letters this week informing them which medical debts have been eliminated, Somos Votantes said in a press release.

“Eligible community members did not need to apply, and there was no application process,” the release said.

The move will give people in Clark and Washoe counties “much needed relief as the cost of health care continues to rise and health insurance premiums are expect

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