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Debt Collectors Gone Wild at Catholic Hospitals and Other Non-Profits

New Orleans    A story in the Times of a Minnesota investigation of an aggressive debt collection company that might be breaking all kinds of HIPPA laws designed to protect patient care information along with other statues caught my eye.  This seemed at first glance to be another story of our imploding health care crises.  The [...]

Healthcare Hijinks: Catholics, Rockefeller & Repubs

            Buffalo             Driving through neighborhoods on first the east side and then the west side of Buffalo was a reminder of what happens in America when your issues fall to the bottom of the pile.  The impact of deindustrialization was an ever present scar even when we found the occasional still operating Wonder Bread or [...]