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Survivors and health advocates press committee to pass Ohio Medical Debt Fairness Act
Summary
Survivors and health advocates urged the House Health Committee to support HB 257, which would cap medical‑debt interest, ban wage garnishment for medical debt and bar reporting unpaid medical bills to credit bureaus; witnesses cited polling, state examples and personal financial hardship.
The House Health Committee held a second hearing on House Bill 257, the Ohio Medical Debt Fairness Act, which would cap interest rates on medical debt, prohibit wage garnishment for collection of unpaid medical bills and prohibit reporting unpaid medical bills to consumer credit reporting agencies.
Lauren Edwards, state government affairs director at the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, described polling and public support for the protections and said the bill is intended to reduce the financial toxicity patients face after serious illness. Edwards…
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