Ohio lawmakers are working on a bill to ease the stress of medical debt. The legislation would cap interest rates on medical debt at 3%, prohibit reporting medical debt to credit agencies, and ban ...

Ohio legislators introduced a bill to cap medical debt interest at 3% and ban reporting to credit agencies, aiming to ease financial strain on families.

New legislation is being introduced to help Ohioans fight medical debt. The bipartisan Ohio Medical Debt Fairness Act has been created to regulate medical debt standards. When state Rep.

Ohio lawmakers are working on a bill to ease the stress of medical debt. The legislation would cap interest rates on medical ...

Currently in Ohio, if a medical bill goes to collections, patients can face an interest rate of 8% or higher, according to Grim. While the legislation does not forgive medical debt, its sponsors ...

She introduced the Ohio Medical Debt Fairness Act alongside Cincinnati ... 22 Democrats signed on to the legislation as co-sponsors. “This bill won’t fix all the problems with our healthcare ...

Those are just some of the proposed law changes contained within a slew of bills passed by the Republican-dominated Ohio General Assembly ... and a ban on transgender medical treatment for minors ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Receiving a medical bill can ... which aims to protect individuals from unexpected medical bills. This legislation prohibits balance billing for emergency services as well ...

The group is working with state lawmakers, who in early April introduced five Senate bills ... of the Ohio State Medical Association, said in a prepared statement. "These pieces of legislation ...

The legislation comes amid rising concern over the financial toll medical care is taking on Ohio families. In 2021, Ohioans owed at least $220 billion in medical bills, and lawmakers say that ...