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Patients Use Identity Theft to Avoid Paying for Health Care
KaiserHealthNews NPR/KSMU: "Experts say a different type of identity theft is on the rise -- one that could compromise both the victim's credit and physical safety. Patients using someone else's name, Social Security number or insurance card to get health care could risk their victim's health if inaccurate information, such as blood type and medications, is recorded on the victim's chart." Officials at CoxHealth Hospital in Springfield, Mo., "say more and more of these patients walking through the doors are pretending to be someone else so they won't have to pay for their own medical bills." |
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Aggressive Bill Collectors May Not Be Getting Desired ResultsKaiserHealthNews In an industry with a nasty image, some say abusive tactics are no more effective than they are legal. WASHINGTON You're having a hard time coming up with cash. That's understandable. The economy tanked and dragged you down with it. Trish Hilliard knows times are tough. But you owe the money, and it's her job to collect. In the delicate relationship between debtor and collector, she must be authoritative, always "in control." But nice, too, careful to keep her voice at a soothing lilt. She wants you to trust her. "I'm here to help," she says. Maybe there's money in a 401(k) that can be tapped, or a relative who can make a quickie loan, or jewelry that can be hocked and make this bill go away?
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Obama Attacks Insurers, Rallies Public To Press CongressTo Approve Health Reform KaiserHealthNews "The White House is mounting a stinging, sustained broadside against health insurance rate increases," The Washington Post reports, adding that President Obama "and his health secretary staged a two-pronged attack Monday in a stern letter to health insurance chief executives and a speech in which the president castigated insurance companies 22 times. 'How much higher do premiums have to rise,' he demanded, 'before we do something about it?'" The president gave an impassioned speech in Philadelphia Monday. "'Part of the motivating factor here is letting members of Congress know there's a price to pay for failure,' White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel said Monday in an interview." In the meantime "America's Health Insurance Plans, the industry's main lobby, plans to spend more than $1 million on a nationwide advertising campaign this week to, as one official with the group said, 'set the record straight about rising health-care costs'" (Goldstein and Wilson, 3/9). |
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