Published 3 months ago

Walz throws support behind medical debt reform legislation

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan have said they will support a bill. The bill would remove interest on medical debt and ban hospitals from withholding care to patients due to outstanding debt. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said his office has been working on this legislation for months.

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Walz throws support behind medical debt reform legislation

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan have said they will support a bill, to be introduced by a Rochester state senator, that would remove interest on medical debt and ban hospitals from withholding care to patients due to outstanding debt. “Credit card debt to buy a television is one thing. Debt because you had a heart attack, or were hit by a car, or have an illness is an entirely different thing,” Walz said during a Friday news …

3 months ago·St Paul, United States

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Gov. Tim Walz throws support behind medical debt reform legislation

Legislation to be introduced by Rochester Sen. Liz Boldon and Eagan Rep. Liz Reyer would prevent medical debt from being reported to credit bureaus and remove interest from that debt.

3 months ago·Fargo, United States

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