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Most Colorado hospital systems had a profitable start to 2024, a financial rebound following a difficult year when expenses grew faster than their incomes.

Most Colorado hospital systems had a profitable start to 2024, a financial rebound following a difficult year when expenses grew faster than their incomes.

A Colorado man is on a $100-a-month plan to pay off what now amounts to an $1,800 bill for earwax removal.

A bill in the Colorado legislature, filed in response to reports that patients were confused when a company they'd never heard of sued them over medical debts, would place limits on how collection agencies can pursue payment.

A bill in the Colorado legislature, filed in response to reports that patients were confused when a company they'd never heard of sued them over medical debts, would place limits on how collection agencies can pursue payment.

House Bill 1380, which passed the state House on Wednesday, would require a debt collector to disclose who initially held the debt, and would only allow the collector to sue if they had complete freedom to settle the debt.

A bill in the Colorado legislature, filed in response to reports that patients were confused when a company they'd never heard of sued them over medical debts, would place limits on how collection agencies can pursue payment.

A bill in the Colorado legislature, filed in response to reports that patients were confused when a company they'd never heard of sued them over medical debts, would place limits on how collection agencies can pursue payment.

The welcome center in Ennis, about 35 miles south of Dallas, was bustling with visitors from across the country and around the world on Friday.

“They are essentially deliberately using those third-party collection agencies to obscure the fact that they are the ones suing the patients.”