United Health Services

Before the legislation, hospitals and medical providers could put liens on patients’ homes or take up to 10 percent of their paychecks to collect on unpaid medical bills. Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation last week prohibiting those collection practices, effective immediately.

“The first tenet in medicine is to do no harm. Suing people, filing liens on their homes, ruining their credit... that's doing harm.”

“It’s important, again, that we use these funds to provide lifesaving drugs, and lifesaving treatment.”