Arizona’s debt collection reform—a small step towards health justice
Document Type
Response or Comment
Publication Date
11-2022
ISSN
1756-1833
Publisher
British Medical Journal Publishing Group
Language
en-US
Abstract
Americans are swimming in medical debt—or, more aptly, drowning in it. And, if the results of elections in Arizona on 8 November are any indication, they’re angry about it. Proposition 209,1 a ballot initiative on whether Arizona should place limits on debt collection for medical bills, garnered support from nearly three quarters of voters.2 That lopsided margin is particularly striking in a state whose government has long been controlled by Republicans and where the 2022 midterm election votes were almost evenly split between Republican and Democratic candidates.
Recommended Citation
Christopher Robertson, Steffie Woolhandler & David U. Himmelstein,
Arizona’s debt collection reform—a small step towards health justice
,
in
2022
BMJ
o2822
(2022).
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