When we solve the #MedicalDebt crisis, families won't have to fear getting care for themselves or their children. That means healthier kids and parents. #AB1312 #CALeg

Researchers forecast what Trump’s bill will mean for patients: Debt and delayed care Delayed treatments, canceled doctor visits and skipped prescriptions: Researchers say all will increase because of the tax and spending bill signed into law by President Donald Trump earlier this summ...

Attacks on health care mean more people in CA will face medical debt - unless CA steps up to protect patients.

#AB1312 gets ahead of the problem - requiring hospitals to make assistance available *before* the bills roll in, rather than sending patients to collections.

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🗣️ Nobody should go broke just because they got sick.

Make YOUR voice heard in support of #CPEHN sponsored bill, #AB1312 to protect CA from unnecessary #MedicalDebt in Senate Health TOMORROW 🩺

💻 Tune-In here: www.senate.ca.gov/calendar

🏥 Health Care ≠ Medical Debt

#AB1312 by Asm. Schiavo will protect access to care and protect Californians from unnecessary and unfair medical debt.

✅ More Access
✅ Less Debt
✅ Care Over Profits

🗣️ Nobody should go broke just because they got sick.

#AB1312 stops hospitals from taking advantage of poor patients, sending them to debt collectors for money they should never have owed. 🏥

#CALeg must pass AB 1312 and ensure California families are protected from crushing #MedicalDebt. 👏

🩺 It's Time to Treat Health Care as Right – Not a Debt Trap 🏥

#AB1312 will:

✅ Require hospitals to do their part to prevent medical debt
✅ Let patients focus on getting healthy, rather than worrying about debt

#MedicalDebt #HealthCare

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CPEHN applauds the bipartisan support in the Assembly to move #AB1312 forward.

AB 1312 by @asmpilarschiavo.bsky.social provides a common sense solution that will save Californians from unnecessary and stressful #MedicalDebt 🩺

Thank you @buffywicks.bsky.social and Asm. Appropriations Committee for advancing #AB1312 today.

Hospital debt is a real affordability challenge for Californians and we look forward to working with @asmpilarschiavo.bsky.social and bill co-sponsors to gain full Assembly support.

How California can reform medical billing so patients aren't overwhelmed with debt | Opinion An Assembly bill requiring hospitals to screen patients for financial aid eligibility could help Californians avoid excessive medical debt.

Like 1 in 3 Californians, Veronica’s family is stuck in #MedicalDebt, but @caspeakerrivas.bsky.social @buffywicks.bsky.social can prevent more families from struggling to keep the lights on in order to pay off old hospital debt.

YES on #AB1312 in Asm. Appropriations!

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Like 1 in 3 Californians, Veronica’s family lives under the weight of medical debt. No one should ever have to drown in bills to be healthy 🧾❌

Support #AB1312 to save Californians time, stress, & money. 👏

🌟 We're thrilled to have partnered with Health Access, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, and Rising Communities to co-sponsor #AB1312!

Together, we will get this important legislation to the Governor's desk and prevent medical debt that makes families sick.

#CPEHN #MedicalDebt #HealthEquity

#AB1312 has moved out of the Assembly Health Committee 🩺✅

We applaud the Members who supported this measure moving along in the leg. process, but it is only the first of several steps.

We will continue to advocate Californians are protected from unnecessary #MedicalDebt.

🧾❌ No one should ever have to drown in bills to be healthy!

Yet, Californians struggling with #MedicalDebt, also struggle with affording #BasicNeeds.

Support #AB1312 to save Californians time, stress, and money. 👏

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@caspeakerrivas.bsky.social: Protect your constituents from unnecessary and life-threatening medical debt by supporting #AB1312 🩺

#CPEHN #MedicalDebt #HealthEquity

🩺 “We know that patients can’t be healthy when they’re trapped in unaffordable medical debt and families have to choose between paying their hospital bills or putting food on the table.” - Selene Betancourt, CPEHN

#AB1312 by @asmpilarschiavo.bsky.social 👏

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💳 1 in 3 Californians are working to pay off medical debt, but it doesn't have to be this way.

Make YOUR voice heard in support of CPEHN's sponsored bill, AB 1312 by Asm. Schiavo. 🩺

Tuesday, April 29 at 1:30PM www.assembly.ca.gov/schedules-pu...

#CPEHN #AB1312 #MedicalDebt #HealthEquity

Did you know 1 in 3 Californians have medical debt? 💳

No one should sacrifice health care to afford next week’s expenses.

AB 1312 by Asm. Schiavo provides a common sense solution that will save Californians from unnecessary medical debt 🩺

#CPEHN #AB1312 #MedicalDebt #HealthEquity