Nearly 60% of people with medical debt have chosen not to get care due to cost.
Rep. Liz Reyer (DFL-Eagan) quoted that information from a study by the Peterson Center on Health Care while presenting HF1814 Thursday to the House Health Finance and Policy Committee.
Part of the Minnesota Debt Fairness Act, the bill would establish provisions to make medical debt more manageable for Minnesotans, including individuals who have been burdened by their spouses medical debt.
The committee approved the bill, as amended, and referred it to the House Taxes Committee.
This bill would help Minnesotans pay back their medical debt fairly and affordably without falling into poverty, bankruptcy, and further health crises in the process, said Assistant At…
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