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Johnson: Hospitals sock it to those least able to pay
Rocky Mountain News, CO - Feb
8, 2006
Way too many people keep asking about my Christmas Day
stay in the hospital, and the $14,500.54 bill that came
with it.
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Hispanic group wants to know how new mom got flesh-eating disease
Sun-Sentinel.com, FL -
Jan 25, 2006
A Hispanic advocacy group says it will investigate
why a Sanford woman contracted a flesh-eating bacteria while in a
Longwood hospital to give birth, resulting in the amputation of her
arms and legs 12 days later.
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January 24, 2006
HISPANIC ADVOCACY GROUP TO
LAUNCH
FACT-FINDING INVESTIGATION OF HOSPITAL CARE THAT ENDED WITH
QUADRUPLE AMPUTATION Group Asks
Claudia Mejia’s Lawyers to Release Medical Records and Give Orlando
Regional Medical Center Written Authorization to Discuss Mejia’s
Treatment and Hospital Care |
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January 18, 2006
BREAKING NEWS: BULLET REMOVED Ruby Cintron Has New Year’s Day Bullet Successfully Removed; Law Enforcement to Run Ballistic Tests
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Orlando Regional to Meet With Cintron Family; Latino Advocacy
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HispanicBusiness.com, CA -
Jan 11, 2006
In a major and positive turn of events, Ruby Cintron,
the woman shot in the eye by a stray bullet on New Year's Eve, will
meet with executives of Orlando Regional Medical Center... |
January 11, 2006
MEDIA ADVISORY: ORLANDO REGIONAL TO MEET WITH CINTRON FAMILY; LATINO ADVOCACY GROUP TO PRAISE
ORMC’S MEDICAL TREATMENT OF RUBY CINTRON ORLANDO, FL—In a major and positive turn of events, Ruby Cintron, the woman shot in the eye by a stray bullet on New Year’s Eve, will meet with executives of Orlando Regional Medical Center and host a news conference at Orlando Regional Medical Center... |
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January 6, 2006
Hospital discharges uninsured mom with bullet in her eye
Ruby Cintròn was watching New Year's Eve fireworks from her back porch when she suddenly screamed and fell backward... |
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December 23, 2005
How corporate, how Catholic?
Tax-exempt hospitals face questions over pay and uninsured care
Officials at the nonprofit Providence Health System, the largest
hospital system in Oregon and the state’s second largest employer,
knew they had, at a minimum, a public relations problem. Difficult
questions were sure to be raised about the $6.6 million in wages and
retirement benefits received by retired CEO Henry Walker and the
high six-figure salaries paid to other top management...
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Catholic not-for-profit hospitals are reaping high profits while charging uninsured patients up to seven times as much ...
Kaiser network.org, DC -
Nov 28, 2005
The report, which is based on annual tax returns
filed by seven large Catholic health systems, found that net income
at the hospitals doubled between 2003 and 2004. The hospital systems
also have amassed $20 billion in cash and investments. ... |
November 17, 2005
CATHOLIC LEADERS ATTEMPT TO “HUSH-UP” DEBATE ON ABUSES AGAINST UNINSURED LATINOS Internal Email Exposes “Deliberate and Immoral” Campaign to Ignore Facts
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October 20, 2005
NO DEAL
Florida Hospital plays pricing hardball
Orlando Regional is trying to work things out with the uninsured, while
Florida Hospital continues unfair practices, and refuses to
negotiate.
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Florida Hospital Tries to Hinder Watchdog Group From 'Communicating Freely' With Congressional Investigators
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HispanicBusiness.com, CA -
Sep 22, 2005
In a letter to the three U.S. Congressional
Committees investigating not-for-profit hospitals, the Consejo de
Latinos Unidos, a national advocacy group that assists and educates
the uninsured, today accused not-for-profit Florida Hospital of
"intentionally attempting to intimidate us, infringe on our rights,
silence our work, and worse, prevent us from communicating freely
with [Congressional] committees or the Internal Revenue Service." |
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Faith-Based Hospitals Accused Of Gouging Uninsured Patients
WBAL Channel.com, MD -
Aug 25, 2005
KB Forbes, executive director of Los Angeles-based
Consejo de Latinos Unidos, alleged that faith-based hospitals
routinely charge uninsured patients up to five ... |
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Nonprofit takes on billing practices at faith-based hospitals
San Francisco
Chronicle, United States - Aug 23, 2005
... KB Forbes, executive director of the Los
Angeles-based Consejo de Latinos Unidos, alleged the hospitals
routinely charge uninsured patients up to five times |
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Forcing a Look at Hospitals' Mission
Washington Post, DC -
Aug 21, 2005
... alleged overcharging of uninsured patients at
not-for-profit hospitals and profiled "lead agitator" KB Forbes,
executive director of Consejo de Latinos Unidos. ... |
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Washington Post Examines Efforts To End Alleged Hospital ...
Kaiser network.org, DC -
Aug 22, 2005
... alleged overcharging of uninsured patients at
not-for-profit hospitals and profiled "lead agitator" KB Forbes,
executive director of Consejo de Latinos Unidos. ... |
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'Price Gouging' Hospital Executives to Meet in San Diego; Latinos
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Yahoo News (press release) -
Jul 29, 2005
SAN DIEGO, July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Consejo de
Latinos Unidos, a non-profit organization that aids and educates
uninsured Latinos and others, plans to hold a ... |
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Nonprofit takes on billing practices at faith-based hospitals
KESQ, CA - Aug
23, 2005
The Los Angeles-based group Consejo de Latinos
Unidos (Cone-SAYE'-hoh day La-TEEN'-ohs Oo-NEE'-dohs) contends that
the hospitals routinely charge uninsured ... |
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Hospital pricing probe launched
Sacramento Bee, USA -
Aug 23, 2005
Consejo de Latinos Unidos, or Council of United
Latinos, wants to determine whether the area's major hospital
groups, including Sutter Health, are gouging the ... |
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Breaking News: Sutter Health Slaps Uninsured With Class Action ...
HispanicBusiness.com, CA -
Aug 18, 2005
... Sutter's class action lawsuit came as a
counter-claim to a class action lawsuit filed by price gouged
uninsured plaintiffs. Consejo de Latinos Unidos. |
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‘Unfair’ Billing of Uninsured Patients
San Diego CityBEAT, CA -
Aug 3, 2005
... have been charged less than $16,500 for
the same care, according to figures taken from the federal registry
and calculated by Consejo de Latinos Unidos, a ...
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Mexican Senator to Discuss Financial Compensation for 'Braceros'
HispanicBusiness.com, CA -
Jul 29, 2005
... will discuss compensation for "braceros,"
Mexican farm workers who worked in the US in the 1950s, at a news
event co-hosted by the Consejo de Latinos Unidos, a ... |
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