/tags/medical-debt Medical Debt en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Sat, 06 Apr 2024 12:00:00 GMT /news/2024-04-06/medical-debt-affects-much-of-america-but-colorado-immigrants-are-hit-especially-hard "Diagnosis: Debt Colorado” is a reporting partnership among Colorado newsrooms led by KFF Health ���ڱ��� and the Colorado ���ڱ��� Collaborative that explores the scale, impact, and causes of medical debt in Colorado. Sat, 06 Apr 2024 12:00:00 GMT /news/2024-04-06/medical-debt-affects-much-of-america-but-colorado-immigrants-are-hit-especially-hard Rae Ellen Bichell, KFF Health ���ڱ���, Lindsey Toomer, Colorado ���ڱ���line /news/2024-02-20/uchealth-sued-thousands-through-third-party-debt-collectors-now-patients-fight-back Over the past five years, more than 15,000 lawsuits have been filed against UCHealth patients over medical debts. But if you are one of the people being sued, you might not see the hospital system’s name on the papers. John Ingold with The Colorado Sun told KUNC that in the past, UCHealth filed bill collection lawsuits under its own name—but now the vast majority are in the name of a third-party debt collector. Tue, 20 Feb 2024 21:41:16 GMT /news/2024-02-20/uchealth-sued-thousands-through-third-party-debt-collectors-now-patients-fight-back Nikole Robinson Carroll /news/2024-02-20/uchealth-sues-thousands-of-patients-every-year-but-you-wont-find-its-name-on-the-lawsuits In the last five years, patients have been sued 15,710 times for money owed to UCHealth. Most of those lawsuits were filed in the name of debt collectors working for the hospital system. Tue, 20 Feb 2024 17:28:14 GMT /news/2024-02-20/uchealth-sues-thousands-of-patients-every-year-but-you-wont-find-its-name-on-the-lawsuits John Ingold, The Colorado Sun, and Chris Vanderveen, 9���ڱ���