medical bills
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Colorado hospitals to screen low-income patients for discounts, cap monthly billings
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Beginning on Thursday, Colorado hospitals must screen low-income patients for discounts or public health insurance programs and limit the monthly medical bills they can be charged. Eligible Coloradans include those with household incomes at or under 250% of the federal poverty level — up to $69,375 for a family of four. If a patient is…
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Gov. Polis signs protections for ride-sharing passengers in hit-and-runs
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Ride-sharing companies, such as Lyft and Uber, will soon have to cover medical bills of passengers injured during hit-and-runs in their vehicles – thanks to Colorado legislation signed into law on Tuesday. Beginning in August, House Bill 1089 will require transportation network companies to carry uninsured motorist coverage on their auto policies. Currently, the companies…
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Colorado House passes bill to ban medical debt collection without price transparency
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The state House passed a bill Tuesday to ban hospitals from pursuing debt collections against patients if the hospitals are not in compliance with a federal law that requires them to post prices online. If enacted, House Bill 1285 would prohibit noncompliant hospitals from using debt collectors, filing negative credit reports against patients and obtaining…
