Millions of Californians Have Medical Debt. It Wouldn’t Hurt Your Credit Under Proposed Rules
Sen. Monique Limón, a Santa Barbara Democrat, is carrying Senate Bill 1061, which would remove medical debt from credit reports and prohibit debt collectors from reporting patients’ medical debt information to credit agencies. It would pertain specifically to debt owed to a medical provider, such as a hospital or a doctor’s office. It passed the Assembly…