Hospitals suing patients over unpaid bills would have to put their names on the lawsuits under new Colorado bill - Yellow Scene Magazine

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Hospitals suing patients over unpaid bills would have to put their names on the lawsuits under new Colorado bill - Yellow Scene Magazine

By John Ingold, The Colorado Sun. (Via AP Storyshare) 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, House Bill 1380, would apply to all debt collection lawsuits broadly, not just those over medical debt. It would require that the owner of a debt be listed among the plain…