House Democrats pitch bill to save people from having pay garnished for medical debt

‘Nobody should lose their wages because they got sick,’ said Greg Casar, a Democratic representative and co-author of the bill. Photograph: Thomas Barwick/Getty Images

House Democrats introduced a bill Monday that would prevent workers from having their wages garnished for medical debt collection.

The bill would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to include a ban on wage garnishment for medical debt and prohibit any state or court from issuing or enforcing such wage garnishments.