House Bill 257 aims to limit the impact of medical debt by capping interest rates at 3%, prohibiting wage garnishment and preventing reporting to credit agencies. While the bill doesn't eliminate ...

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.

Using $800,000 in federal COVID relief funds, the program canceled millions of Ohio residents' medical debt. Critics, however, have raised concerns about its sustainability, relying heavily on ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio ( WCMH) – A recently introduced Ohio bill is aiming to help residents pay off their medical debt. House Bill ...

The bipartisan Ohio Medical Debt Fairness Act has been created to ... but rather provide immediate relief for those impacted. As it is currently written, there are no income requirements that ...

Grim said more than 43,000 residents in Lucas County saw relief. She introduced the Ohio Medical Debt Fairness Act alongside Cincinnati-area Republican Rep. Jean Schmidt. “You’re still ...

Ohio is ranked 44th among the 50 ... He has said he was “not familiar” with debt relief through deals brokered with Undue Medical Debt but is currently working with an attorney to resolve ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — Medical bills are a heavy ... if they have medical debt that is 5% of their annual income. Medical debt relief such as this is source-based, so individuals aren’t able ...

and Toledo, Ohio. to fund such efforts ... A National Bureau of Economic Research working paper that examined medical debt relief for more than 83,000 people from 2018 to 2020 concluded it ...

The Ohio Medical Debt Fairness Act, introduced Tuesday ... For families like that of Rachel Doan, the proposal offers hope for relief. In 2010, Doan’s son, Luke, was diagnosed with cancer.