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Unpaid medical debt will no longer appear in New York residents’ credit reports under a bill signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday.

The law prohibits credit agencies from collecting information about or reporting medical debt. The law also bans hospitals and health care providers in the state from reporting such debt to the agencies.

New York is the second state after Colorado to enact such a law. A similar nationwide measure is being considered by the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

“Medical debt is such a vicious cycle. It truly hits low-income earners, but it forces them to stay low-income earners because they can’t never get out from under it,” Hochul, a Democrat, said at the bill- signing ceremony in New York City.

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[–] henfredemars 48 points 2 years ago (5 children)

This is a band-aid measure that addresses neither the broken healthcare system nor cost of living crisis.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 41 points 2 years ago (4 children)

A bandaid is better than nothing.

[–] aniki@lemm.ee -3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] ExLisper@linux.community 1 points 2 years ago

It's better than nothing if you're bleeding out. It's not better than nothing if you're allergic to band-aids.

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