Perla Rodriguez, Lead Community Organizer, shares about our Fort Morgan organizing team's fight to improve OmniSalud, and the ways we're investing in the leaders we need to win rights and resources for immigrants in Colorado! fortmorgantimes.com/2024/04/22/cen…

Seven Center for Health Progress leaders and staff testified today in support of #HB24 -1380. Two leaders shared how uchealth's deceptive collections practices caused confusion and added stress. Countless hours wasted, trying to figure out who was suing them and why.

Testimony taking place rn on legislation that follows @9News/⁦The Colorado Sun⁩ investigation on ⁦uchealth⁩ billing practices.

Legislation would require hospital systems to use their own names on litigation involving debt collection.

The largest health insurance corporation, UnitedHealthcare, is one of the worst actors when it comes to denying care.

Tell Senators on the Finance Committee: Demand UnitedHealth Group Stop Delaying & Denying Care!

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. UnitedHealthcare racked in $22.4 BILLION in profit in 2023 alone- they did that by denying people healthcare & by taking more public $ by expanding in privatized Medicaid/Medicare. They use OUR money & exploit OUR medical needs to make billions in profit while families continue to suffer.

Today UnitedHealth Group announced that it made $7 billion in profit in the first 3 months of 2024 alone. How? By denying care. In the privatized Medicaid they run in NJ for example they denied people's prior-authorization requests for care 27% of the time.

Have you ever received a collections letter that looked like spam? It wasn’t until Tami got to court and asked, 'Who is even suing me?' that she learned uchealth was pursuing $36k. We need more hospital accountability and transparency NOW. Here's @9News on #HB1380 .

Our staff and leaders were at the Capitol on Wednesday, testifying in support of HB24-1380. This is one important step in transparency around debts collected by hospitals. We've heard from countless people who have no idea who is suing them. uchealth we're looking at you.

CHP leader, Rocio, tells her story of how our healthcare system pushed her into medical debt again and again. Her family is still feeling the devastating impacts and she's tired of being blamed while healthcare executives rake in profits! KFF Health News kffhealthnews.org/news/article/m…

Margaret Comstock, CHP Organizer, on her health insurer denying coverage for a critical medication, and why we should support HB24-1149. coloradosun.com/2024/03/28/opi…
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Yesterday, many hcws called on uchealth to address the financial abuse of patients. They say stop using frontline staff as a scapegoat for YOUR greedy financial policies. The CEOs millions in salary wouldn’t be possible w/o them. Yet, she wouldn’t even look them in the eyes

Center for Health Progress's #CareNotCourts went face to face with uchealth CEO Concordia and Chris Vanderveen (yep…me) was there to capture it. Concordia, you can't hide from the wreckage you're causing by suing patients, and you can't hide from community. youtube.com/watch?v=GQjnO8…

Others don’t sue, why do you uchealth? Center for Health Progress and we urge you to stop wrecking patients’ lives #carenotcourts #ucwealth

I speak for myself and countless colleagues who feel ashamed to work for UCHealth. @UCHealth’s mission says “improving lives' but the policies you protect are destroying them. Stop suing people for medical debt NOW and provide Coloradoans with relief. 7/7 #CareNotCourts

I appeared in court this month and felt backed into a corner. I put $560 bill on a credit card with 16% interest. This is NOT a resolution, this is financial desperation. How could you turn your back on the workers that keep your doors open? uchealth #CareNotCourts

One day, a man served me papers and uprooted my life. I’m already on an older payment plan for healthcare with @UCHealth paying $130/month. This was the lowest amount I was offered and it's STILL too much for my family to afford. 5/7 #CareNotCourts

These collections notices felt misleading and I was confused. They didn’t specify any relationship to @UCHealth, so I thought they were fake. 4/7 #CareNotCourts

When I was pregnant, it was my turn to receive the quality care I strive for each day. I went to uchealth for my prenatal care, but I couldn’t afford all my bills. I was sent to collections without being offered assistance. 3/7 #CareNotCourts

I am traumatized by the horrific deaths I've seen in my short time as a respiratory therapist. Yet I still show up because I love my job, but I cannot say I am proud to work at uchealth. I fight through my own PTSD to care for the same people you sue. 2/7 #CareNotCourts

CEO Concordia of uchealth, I currently work for you. I have been a respiratory therapist for 5 years. I love the work I do. It’s a privilege to care for my community. I entered the field in 2019 and have PTSD from the things I experienced during the pandemic. 1/7 #CareNotCourts