Diagnosis: Debt Colorado
- Lorena Sanchez shows court summons and bills sent to her after she was involved in a car accident in Colorado Springs in 2021 and was taken to the hospital for a brief visit and X-ray. A year after the accident
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Hospitals in Colorado will no longer be able to sue patients under the names of their debt collectors after Gov. Jared Polis signed into law legislation that followed a lengthy...
Colorado lawmakers are considering a bill that would prevent hospitals from publicly concealing their involvement in lawsuits against patients, following a joint Colorado Sun/9News investigation into the practice. The bill,...
Picture a room with 100 people in it — just regular adults, people with jobs and monthly bills and credit scores. In America, if that room contains a sufficient cross...
DENVER — In February, Norma Brambila’s teenage daughter wrote her a letter she now carries in her purse. It is a drawing of a rose, and a note encouraging Brambila...
Lindsey Vance carried medical debt for nearly half her life. The 41-year-old Denver resident said her debt began stacking up when she was around 19, when she stopped being covered...
AURORA — El anillo brillaba: oro blanco de 18 quilates, de doble banda, con un diamante de 1.5 quilates en el centro. Era el anillo que el difunto esposo de...
AURORA — The ring sparkled: 18-karat white gold, double-banded, with a 1.5-carat diamond at its center. It was the ring that Cathy Woods-Sullivan’s late husband had given to her on their...
For years, Colorado’s largest and most prominent medical provider did something that seemed to go against its family friendly public relations push. UCHealth sued patients. Thousands per year. Then, right...
Diagnosis: Debt Colorado
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