Nonprofit Hospitals Criticized for Debt-Collection Tactics

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Nonprofit Hospitals Criticized for Debt-Collection Tactics
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Nonprofit hospitals—which receive significant tax breaks—are more likely than for-profit hospitals to garnish patient's wages to collect bills, a new study found

Carlos Ortiz underwent tests last year at Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg, Va., for dizziness that later was linked to an inner-ear problem.

When the uninsured gardener couldn’t pay his bill of about $15,000, the nonprofit institution took him to court. Mary Washington Hospital and others in Virginia were suing so many other patients...

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