on hospital billing practices, making fresh attempts to help patients avoid heavy medical debts.
At least 10 states, including Connecticut, Maryland, New Mexico and Maine, enacted laws last year with a range of provisions affecting healthcare providers and collection agencies, including requirements for hospitals to provide financial assistance to people with low incomes or limit aggressive debt-collection practices. Other states, including Washington and Vermont, are currently considering bills to add or bolster consumer medical-billing protections.
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