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Date: June 15, 2008

Subject: Auctioning our Hospital Debt is not good

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The Introduction: We now need to be more and more aware that our medical bills may be auctioned to financial giants who may charge us even more to pay the bills at great stress and discomfort to us. This is real and report below will enlighten us even more.     

 QUOTE: Hospitals Put Patients Debt Up for Auction. In a move that consumer groups say could increase pressure on people with unpaid medical bills, some hospitals are trying out a new tactic to recoup patients' debts: They're auctioning the debt online.

Hospitals have long relied on outside collection agencies to go after debtors. Under traditional arrangements, these agencies receive a percentage of any money they get from a debtor; the more they collect, the more they earn.

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Please read more at:

 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121244901525139563.html?mod=pj_main_hs_coll

Other Interesting Quoted Topics and Links for Access:

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Thanks to high gas and grocery prices, coupon clipping is making a comeback

 
http://www.smartmoney.com/deal-of-the-day/index.cfm?story=20080602-five-new-ways-to-clip-coupons

 Most malfunctioning gadgets work just fine, report claims

 
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/06/03/accenture_gadget_study/

 12 new necessities that drain your cash

http://www.bankrate.com/nltrack/news/pf/20080603_new_necessities_a1.asp

 Schools that push fitness and nutrition have better standardized academic test scores

 
http://healthzone.ca/health/article/439648

 Fought to preserve the daily recital of the Lord's Prayer in the Ontario Legislature

 http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/442698

 Surveyed of Americans found fathers are doing a better job

 http://www.parentdish.com/2007/06/18/fathers-better-parents-than-mothers-says-pew-research-center/

 Looking a head at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

 http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/2008/team_china.html

Opinions on the 10 Best Animated Movies for Kids

 http://www.cracked.com/article_15070_10-best-animated-movies-traumatizing-kids.html

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Today Sunday June 15, 2008 is Fathers Day. Let all fathers and those who care about their families, friends and neighbors children be blessed abundantly. Fathers are still essential although they are not as popular as mothers when it comes to celebrating their special day. But we all know that they are to be respected and admired for doing all the good they have done in many people lives.   

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