Pa. advances unique plan to save patients from devastating medical debt

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The main sponsor of the bill, a physician, says the structure of the plan will guard against people deliberately refusing to pay or overusing medical care.

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The state would contract with a third-party firm that would scour the bad debt lists of healthcare providers, looking for unpaid bills from patients earning less thanor with debt equaling five percent or more of their family income.

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