Legislators Studying Issue of Medical Debt

Legislators studying issue of medical debt

The Indiana state legislature announced this week that lawmakers will be studying medical debt in this year’s interim study session.

Lower Medical Bills to Be Discussed at Summer Study Committees in Indiana

(PHOTO: Abdul-Hakim Shabazz/WIBC) STATE WIDE–Almost everyone has medical bills. They’re almost never reasonable and the financial consequences that come with not being able to pay them off can be tough. Indiana lawmakers are looking for ways to help Hoosiers by lightening those consequences or preventing them in the first place. This summer’s “summer study” includes looking at the possibilities of putting caps on monthly payments, limits on coll…

What a Difference a Decade Makes

by Abdul-Hakim Shabazz, Esq. Indiana has never been quick to embrace change. Whether it was dragging its feet on Sunday retail alcohol sales, holding out on daylight saving time like it was some radical conspiracy, or putting off property tax reform like it was a trip to the dentist, this state rarely rushes toward progress. So it’s hardly a shock that social and political change come to Indiana at a glacial pace too. A decade ago, Indiana was a…