Free Assistance in Spanish for Latino Patients with High Hospital Bills.

Spanish-Speaking Patients can Register on the Web at www.ayudagratis.net

EAST LOS ANGELES, CA—K.B. Forbes, a leading national healthcare advocate and Executive Director of the Consejo de Latinos Unidos, a public charity that assists and educates Latinos and others, announced today the launch of a new, free nationwide assistance program in Spanish for Latinos with high hospital bills.

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Death of Hortensia R. Magaña  
International Philanthropist, Activist and Businesswoman 

Rancho Palos Verdes, CA—Hortensia R. Magaña, who started out in the United States as a simple factory worker to eventually lead and own one of the largest tortilla wholesalers in the nation, passed away Tuesday, July 1st, surrounded by family and friends.

Her life was the epitome of the American Dream.

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WEEPING IMAGE OF JESUS AT FLORIDA HOSPITAL EXPLAINED 

Orlando, FL—As millions of emails by faithful Christians circulate around the world with links to the story about the weeping image of Jesus Christ at Florida Hospital’s Prayer Garden, a leading Latino consumer advocacy group offered an explanation today: “Jesus was weeping at the deplorable pricing and collection practices of Florida Hospital—a billion-dollar religious hospital operation run by millionaire executives that has little if anything to do with ‘the healing mission of Christ.’...   

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AS HOME FORECLOSURES SKYROCKET, MORTGAGE FRAUD HELP ARRIVES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

EAST LOS ANGELES, CA—A leading consumer advocacy group announced free help to the thousands of homeowners in Southern California who have lost their homes, are in the process of losing their home, or believe they will lose their home in the near future due to mortgage fraud. The group is documenting cases of mortgage fraud for a report to be issued this summer in the nation’s capital and will have all cases reviewed by a legal aid team...   

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LATINO ADVOCACY GROUP INVESTIGATES IMMIGRANT “DUMPING” BY U.S. EMPLOYERS
NOGALES, SON., MEXICO—Consejo de Latinos Unidos, a U.S. not-for-profit organization and public charity which educates and assists Latinos and others, and government officials of the Mexican State of Sonora disclosed at a news conference today the launch of an international investigative study focusing on immigrant “dumping” which began on October 1st.

Immigrant “dumping” is the practice of U.S. employers and others who simply deport illegal immigrants who were injured or killed on the job or involved in an automobile accident as a means to avoid insurance and compensation claims...  
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CENTURA THROWS IN THE RELIGIOUS TOWEL!
Code of Canon Law Forces Catholic Hospital to Forgive Outrageously Marked Up Hospital Bill; 38-Month Battle Ends  
DENVER, CO--Since early 2003, advocates for the uninsured have been battling Denver-based Centura Healthcare for allegedly price gouging uninsured patients, charging the uninsured three or four times more than what the not-for-profit religious hospital system would accept as payment in full from an insurance company. Today, the uninsured have won the first-in-the-nation victory against hospital price gouging using one of the oldest legal systems in the world: the Code of Canon Law of the Catholic Church...   
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LATINO ADVOCACY GROUP DEMANDS U.S. PROBE OF FOREIGN SUBVERSIVE ORGANIZATION
WASHINGTON, DC—In a major attempt to block subversive activities in the Hispanic community by the Castro regime, Consejo de Latinos Unidos, a national non-profit organization that educates and assists Hispanics, called on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of Treasury to probe activities in the United States by the Yoruba Cultural Association of Cuba. The Consejo also asked that individuals and groups tied to the “foreign subversive organization” be investigated.
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LATINO ADVOCACY GROUP WARNS TAXPAYERS THAT “INTOLERANCE AND DISCRIMINATION” WILL COST CITY OF EULESS MILLIONS TO DEFEND  
Consejo Offers to Organize Workshops for Police Officers and Government Officials on Religious Tolerance.
EULESS, TX—Using information from a similar lawsuit from Florida, Consejo de Latinos Unidos, a national non-profit organization that educates and assists Hispanics and others, warned the residents and taxpayers of the City of Euless today that the city would be faced with legal bills in the millions of dollars to defend an ordinance that the Consejo says advocates “intolerance and discrimination against religious minorities.”  Click here to read the Press Release

CONSEJO ANNOUNCES MAJOR SETTLEMENT WITH HMA HOSPITALS
On Six-Year Anniversary, National Advocacy Group Scores Another Legal Victory; Consejo Praises Archie Lamb for Alliance. 
NAPLES, FL—Consejo de Latinos Unidos, a national non-profit organization that educates and assists uninsured Hispanics and others, announced today that the Consejo was able to secure a “golden fair pricing policy” for the uninsured with Health Management Associates (HMA), the third largest for-profit hospital system in the nation.   Click here to read the Press Release

CONSEJO EXPOSES CATHOLIC HOSPITAL PROFITS: $6.4 MILLION A DAY! 
Powerful U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Praised for Questioning
Undeserved Tax Breaks for Billion Dollar “Not-for-Profit” Hospitals
WASHINGTON, DC—As the U.S. Senate Finance Committee holds hearings today on not-for-profit hospitals and their conduct, Consejo de Latinos Unidos, the leading national advocacy group that fights hospital price gouging of the uninsured, released stunning data from the annual reports from the top 12 Catholic not-for-profit hospital chains showing that these not-for-profit entities earned a staggering $6.4 million in profits a day, every day for the past three fiscal years...
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ONE IN THREE VIOXX VICTIMS IN PUERTO RICO USED PAIN DRUG FOR LESS THAN 18 MONTHS 
Consumer Advocacy Group Releases Report that Refutes Merck’s Position that Vioxx Caused Cardiovascular Risks Only After 18 Months of Use 
SAN JUAN, PR— One-in-three patients in Puerto Rico who contacted a consumer advocacy group suffered health trouble or cardiovascular damages from Vioxx after ingesting the pain reliever for less than 18 months, according to a report released by the Consejo de Latinos Unidos, a national advocacy group that assists and educates Latinos. Merck, the manufacture of Vioxx, has held firm to the belief that there is no scientific evidence, no clinical proof that health damages occurred against patients with less than 18 months of Vioxx use.
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