An Arm and a Leg: A Few More Good Things From 2025

What’s Happening

Not gonna lie, “An Arm and a Leg” looks back on state laws passed in 2025 aimed at removing medical debts from credit reports and reining in corporate influence on medicine.

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The Details

COM Related Coverage States Advance Medical Debt Protections as Federal Support Turns to Opposition An Arm and a Leg host Dan Weissmann breaks down how two states passed laws aimed at protecting people from things like medical debt, insurance delays and denials, and corporate profiteering. In Maine, lawmakers unanimously voted to remove medical debts from credit reports.

While a nationwide court ruling has cast doubt on the new law’s future, a consumer rights attorney tells Weissmann why she remains optimistic. And a law in Oregon aims to prevent corporations and private equity firms from gobbling up medical clinics, raising prices, and, sometimes, delivering worse care.

Why This Matters

Plus, the team behind An Arm and a Leg has some good news of its own to . Dan Weissmann @danweissmann Host and producer of “An Arm and a Leg. ” before, Dan was a staff reporter for Marketplace and Chicagos WBEZ.

Health experts are weighing in on what this means for people.

Key Takeaways

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• Dan: Hey there– It has been a long year, and yes, 2026 is shaping up to be a doozy.

The Bottom Line

As I record this, it’s looking like any hope that Congress will extend certain Obamacare subsidies for next year are looking like a long shot. The experts say millions of people could lose insurance coverage.

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