> UCHealth sues thousands of patients every year but doesn't use its own name to do it
UCHealth sues thousands of patients every year but doesn't use its own name to do it
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For years, Colorado’s largest and most prominent medical provider did something that seemed to go against its family friendly public relations push.
UCHealth sued patients. Thousands per year.
Then, right around the start of the 2020 pandemic, those lawsuits disappeared. Or so it seemed.
An investigation by 9NEWS and the Colorado Sun – done in partnership with the Colorado News Collaborative and KFF Health News – discovered UCHealth’s aggressive bill collection efforts have quietly continued under the banner of what amounts to a debt-seeking middleman.
Read the full story: https://www.9news.com/article/news/investigations/uchealth-debt-bill-collection-lawsuits-colorado-hospital-patients/73-880df053-9f9d-401b-9bbb-2cad0269c5b3
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