ACA members join the effort to stop flawed medical debt legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives. We need your help! Editor’s note: This content is available to members only.
1/17/2020 9:00
After seeing ACA International’s call to action notice on H.R. 5330, the Consumer Protection for Medical Debt Collections Act, the team at Syracuse, New York-based Simon’s Agency Inc., decided to join in the cause.
The company extended ACA’s message to urge members of Congress to vote no on the legislation, which would prohibit the accounts receivable management industry from engaging in activities to collect or attempting to collect medical debt for two years, to its health care provider clients, through an article on its website.
Other members have helped spread the word by forwarding the notice to clients, colleagues and other business associates. ACA appreciates this effort and encourages others to join the grassroots effort by sharing the letter written specifically for members in collections as well as the letter for health care providers. But don’t forget – ACA needs you to submit the online letter too!
Sponsored by U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., H.R. 5330 would also delay the ability to report medical debt to credit reporting agencies for one year and would create a ban on reporting debt arising out of “medically necessary procedures.”
ACA has been actively discussing H.R. 5330 and its many flaws with Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill and advocating for a more reasonable approach that accounts for the unique nature of medical debt, while avoiding disastrous unintended consequences for consumers and the economy.
Read more on the importance of this call to action here and learn how you can get involved and help spread the word with your fellow members.