Medical debt is a mounting crisis in Virginia. Half of adults in the state report having faced medical debt in the past five years. Of those, nearly 30% had more than $1000 in medical debt. This burden is often the result of unavoidable illnesses-nobody chooses to get cancer or suffer a heart attack.
Our state legislature can act now to protect Virginia patients from predatory medical debt by passing this bill.
Note that the bill has passed the Virginia State House on Wednesday January 29th, and moves on to the Senate!
Voices of Health Care Action
