Maura Healey: “Any health care facility or provider licensed by the state…”

“And what we want to address is what makes it even harder and compounds the problem when that medical debt is carried along and affecting your credit score. That's what we can take care of today here in Massachusetts, Any health care facility or provider licensed by the state of Massachusetts will no longer be allowed to send that information to these agencies. That means they can't ding your credit rating with it. And if they work with a debt collector, that company, that debt collector cannot report medical debt to credit agencies.” (03:00–03:11)

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