What the White House's actions on medical debt could mean for consumers
Vice President Kamala Harris this week announced the federal government is taking several new measures to help people affected by medical debt.
Joined by cabinet members and other federal officials at the White House, Harris spoke about the stress and fear of medical debt.
So many people have been "rushed to the hospital because their appendix burst or because they took a nasty fall and who are still paying off the bill years later," Harris said in remarks at the White House.
"Parents who have sat in a hospital parking lot, afraid to bring their child through those sliding glass doors of the emergency room because they knew if they walk through those sliding glass doors, they may be out thousands of dollars that they don't have."
The administration's new actions could help ease the burden of medical debts that Americans already have – they do less to prevent Americans from being saddled with high medical bills they can't pay in the first place,, a nonprofit organization that advocates for economic security for low income people.
