In 2022, Economic Action Maryland Fund championed a bill to return an estimated $120 million to low-income patients that were wrongly pursued for medical debt, when they should have received free or low-cost care. The Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission (HSCRC) was tasked with creating an implementation process for hospitals to abide by as they identified eligible patients and notified them of the refund.
Our letter outlines recommendations to improve the proposed implementation process.