Community with high medical debt questions hospitals' charity spending
Pueblo residents are pushing the city's nonprofit hospitals to reassess the community benefit spending they make to justify their tax-exempt status
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Pueblo residents are pushing the city's nonprofit hospitals to reassess the community benefit spending they make to justify their tax-exempt status
PUEBLO, Colo. — As 41% of American adults face medical debt, residents of this southern Colorado city contend their local nonprofit hospitals aren’t providing enough charity care to justify the
Pueblo, Colorado, residents have higher-than-average medical debt, while the city’s two tax-exempt hospitals provide relatively low levels of charity care.
As 41% of American adults face medical debt, residents of this southern Colorado city contend their local nonprofit hospitals aren't providing enough charity care to justify the millions in tax breaks they receive.
Pueblo's Parkview Health System announced Wednesday its merger with UCHealth has been delayed due to "certain regulatory matters."