INDIANAPOLIS — On World Cancer Day, the American Cancer Society in Indiana is advocating for legislation that could provide crucial financial relief to cancer patients and survivors struggling with overwhelming medical bills.
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American Cancer Society pushes for medical debt relief on World Cancer Day
Senate Bill 85, currently awaiting a committee hearing in the House, aims to reform how medical debt is collected from patients who cannot afford to pay. The legislation has garnered bipartisan support, though a handful of Republicans voted against it when it passed out of the Senate.
According to the American Cancer Society, roughly 47% of cancer patients and survivors…