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Debt Collector Is Faulted for Tough Tactics in Hospitals

Full Story at NYTimes.com Hospital patients waiting in an emergency room or convalescing after surgery are being confronted by an unexpected visitor: a debt collector at bedside. This and other aggressive tactics by one of the nation’s largest collectors of medical debts, Accretive Health, were revealed on Tuesday by the Minnesota attorney general, raising concerns [...]

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Paypal backs down, donates to blog Regretsy’s Secret Santa fund

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — PayPal has backed off an online spat with humor blog Regretsy after getting withering Web feedback for shutting down a drive to buy holiday gifts for children in need. And the online payments service is even chipping in to help buy a few more gifts after temporarily shutting down [...]

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