[ProtectOurFreedom]

Come on, now. We all know Obamacare fixed everything broken in the medical system. Nobody should have any medical debt. Right?

[Gene Eric]

She’s not that bright.

[dfwgator]

Socialized Medicine, for all intents and purposes.

[faithhopecharity]

yet a further way to reduce the availability of health care

(and cutting back on health care will cost innocent lives, not that the DNC politicians give a sheit)

[gloryblaze]

Sounds like the good governor is encouraging people to file false net worth reports to creditors.

[Magnum44]

[stanne]

Texas has done this.

[cgbg]

This is classic lefty thinking—ignore any possible second or third or fourth order effects.

If credit reports do not accurately reflect credit risk then those who rely on them will have to raise their standards to offset that risk.

At the end of the day there is no free lunch—somebody will pay for it.

[Lazamataz]

This should be titled the “How To Prevent Health Care Providers From Treating Poor People” act.

[alexander_busek]

“Medical debt is such a vicious cycle. It truly hits low-income earners, but it forces them to stay low-income earners because they can’t never get out from under it,” Hochul, a Democrat, said at the bill- signing ceremony in New York City.

BAD STOCK MARKET INVESTMENT debt is such a vicious cycle. It truly hits low-income earners, but it forces them to stay low-income earners because they can’t never get out from under it.

STUDENT debt is such a vicious cycle. It truly hits low-income earners, but it forces them to stay low-income earners because they can’t never get out from under it.

RACE TRACK debt is such a vicious cycle. It truly hits low-income earners, but it forces them to stay low-income earners because they can’t never get out from under it.

QUESTION: Can Hochul identify a SINGLE form of debt that isn't "cruel" and doesn't hit primarily low-income people?

Well, at least this cockamamie law applies only to earners, right? So people on welfare, retirees, etc. won't be able to profit from it.

Regards,

[Jane Long]

Leftists doing all they can....to further the destruction of this once great state.

[MayflowerMadam]

[sheepishly] I kinda don’t have a problem with this, especially if medical debts = pharma debts. That whole system is an arrogant rogue blood-sucking travesty.

Maybe if I researched it more ... but on its face, I might be OK with it.

[ronnie raygun]

See this is what its all intended for, “It truly hits low-income earners” the rest of us could pound sand

[Political Junkie Too]

I can't figure out what's worse in New York, under-reporting your true debt or over-estimating the value of your collateral?

-PJ

[lastchance]

Good. Many years ago it was standard that such debt not be included in credit reports.