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U.S. hospitals face growing scrutiny over aggressive debt collection tactics. At one community hospital, few patients get financial aid when they can't afford to pay. Many more are taken to court.
Hospitals nationwide face growing scrutiny over how they secure payment from patients, but at one community hospital, the debt collection machine has been quietly humming along for decades.
It took little more than an hour for Deborah Hackler to dispense with the tall stack of debt collection lawsuits that McAlester Regional Medical Center recently brought to small-claims court in this Oklahoma farm community.
Judge Timothy Kerns sentenced 37-year-old Norberto Garcia-Gonzales to 24 years in prison Friday the maximum sentence for fleeing the scene of a crash involving death. Garcia-Gonzales who is in the country illegally will also face deportation after serving the sentence.