As part of the fight to help Americans deal with high costs, the Biden Administration has announced reforms to ease the burden of medical debt and protect consumers from predatory collection policies.
The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Xavier Becerra is issuing a directive to evaluate how providers' billing practices impact access and affordability of care and the accrual of medical debt. HHS will request data from more than 2,000 providers on medical bill collection practices, lawsuits against patients, financial assistance, financial product offerings, and third party contracting or debt buying practices.
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