Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Debt collectors

  • Government regulators are looking into reports of aggressive debt collectors hassling patients at hospitals.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Some unsavory debt collection practices by Accretive Health, a heavyweight in the collection of medical debts, have created quite a stir this week after being brought to the public in company documents revealed by the Minnesota attorney general.
  • (Yahoo Finance)
  • In a twist of irony, a West Virginia woman is trying to collect money from a collection agency. Diana Mey, of Wheeling, W. Va., won the largest judgment ever against an abusive debt collection company -- more than $10 million.
  • (ABC News)
  • Accretive Health Inc. (AH) tumbled by the most ever after Minnesota's attorney general alleged that the company improperly posted debt collectors in hospital emergency rooms and at the bedsides of patients.
  • (Bloomberg)
  • Your Facebook profile can and will be used against you.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • (Newser) – One of the countrys biggest medical debt collectors has reached a new low: sending employees into hospital emergency rooms to encourage patients to pay past medical debts before receiving treatment.
  • (Newser)
  • Imagine that you've brought your child to the emergency room and you're revealing your most private health information to the hospital staff member at the desk, desperate because you fear your child's very life is at risk.
  • (Time)
  • Debt collectors calling? You have rights. • The debt collector must tell you — within five days of initial contact — the amount you owe, the name of the creditor and how you should proceed if you think you dont owe the money.
  • (Los Angeles Times)
  • Daily life as a single parent is tough as it is.  You dont need to imagine trying to pay bills, juggling chores or work-place issues, because youre actually experiencing it every day.
  • (Examiner)

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