INDIANAPOLIS — Legislation promoting charity care and payment plans for Hoosier health care patients — plus, protecting their paychecks and homes from debt collectors — advanced from Indiana’s Senate on Thursday, in a 33-15 vote that splintered the chamber’s Republican caucus. It next heads to the House for consideration.
“I’ve had two massive medical bills for having cancer two times,”said Sen. Ed Charbonneau, R-Valparaiso. “I talked to the hospital, and I’ve got a payment plan. They want to get their money, and I want to pay my bill.”