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Report: Debt Collectors Work In Emergency Rooms, Demand Payment Before Patients Receive Care

Report: Debt Collectors Work In Emergency Rooms, Demand Payment Before Patients Receive Care

One of the nation’s largest medical debt collection companies — already the subject of a lawsuit over alleged privacy violations — finds itself in more hot water as newly released documents claim that agency employees are actually working in hospital emergency rooms and sometimes demanding that patients pay up before they receive any further medical attention. [More]