Tag: Medical Debt
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Researchers to study universal health care, as Coloradans face $1 billion in medical debt
Colorado residents owe about $1 billion in medical debt. The sky-high number is a small portion of the nation’s medical debt estimated around $220 billion, according to a 2024 analysis by Peterson Center on Healthcare and KFF, formerly the Kaiser Family Foundation. As more people nationally are expected to lose their health insurance following planned…
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Colorado Senate OKs enforcing price transparency for hospitals
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The Colorado Senate approved a bill Wednesday to allow the state to enforce federal laws requiring hospitals to publicly post prices online. Under Senate Bill 252, hospitals must maintain a public list of at least 300 shoppable services and regularly report to the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, which will monitor compliance. Violations of…
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Colorado hospitals to screen low-income patients for discounts, cap monthly billings
Beginning on Thursday, Colorado hospitals must screen low-income patients for discounts or public health insurance programs and limit the monthly medical bills they can be charged. Eligible Coloradans include those with household incomes at or under 250% of the federal poverty level — up to $69,375 for a family of four. If a patient is…
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Colorado bans hospitals from pursuing debt collection without price transparency
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Hospitals in Colorado will soon face a ban on pursuing debt collections against patients if they do not post their prices online – thanks to legislation signed into law by Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday. Beginning in August, House Bill 1285 prohibits hospitals not following federal…
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UCHealth patients sue debt collection agency over ‘predatory’ practices
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two Colorado residents and UCHealth patients filed a proposed class-action lawsuit in Denver District Court against the hospital’s debt collection agency over unfair and intrusive practices. The lawsuit against Credit Services Company, Inc. — in…