COLUMBUS, Ohio — A bipartisan pair of Ohio lawmakers want to keep medical debt from tanking people’s credit or garnishing their paychecks.
The Ohio Medical Debt Fairness Act, introduced Tuesday, would cap interest rates on medical debt at 3% annually, ban wage garnishment for unpaid medical bills, and block hospitals or third-party collectors from reporting that debt to credit agencies.
Patients would still owe the money, but House Bill 257 aims to give them more time — and less financial fallout — to repay it…