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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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 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
 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
 LEE MEMORIAL PRICES INCREASED
OVER TRIPLE THE RATE OF ACTUAL EXPENSES SINCE 2001
Charges
Skyrocketed by $506 million while Actual Costs Went up $146 Million over
Five-year Period; Advocacy Group to Investigate Finances of New
“Lee-nopoly”
FORT MYERS, FL—Using government data collected over a five year period, Consejo de Latinos Unidos, a national non-profit organization that educates and assists uninsured Hispanics and others, released stunning financial records that shows that Lee Memorial Health System’s charges increased over triple the rate actual costs, placing an unreal financial burden on uninsured patients. Between 2001 and 2005, LMHS’ charges rose a whopping $506 million while actual costs increased by only $146 million. Click here to read the Press Release
 OHIO HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION RATTLED AND SHAKEN BY CONSEJO
Columbus, OH--- The Ohio Hospital Association acknowledged in an internal bulletin that the leadership and work of the Consejo de Latinos Unidos had brought about “ongoing scrutiny” of the hospital sector. The OHA bulletin states, “Under particular scrutiny are executive compensation levels, hospital billing and collection practices, and challenges to hospital governing board authority.” K.B. Forbes, Executive Director of the Consejo, stated, “Let’s hope the OHA reforms its membership instead of trying to help them defend the indefensible.”
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 ADVOCACY
GROUP CALLS ON IRS TO REVOKE PROVENA COVENANT’S FEDERAL TAX EXEMPT
STATUS
URBANA, IL—Consejo
de Latinos Unidos, the leading national advocacy group that fights
hospital price gouging of the uninsured, called on the IRS to review
and revoke the federal tax-exempt status of Provena Covenant Medical
Center in Champaign County, Illinois, after the head official of the
Illinois Department of Revenue affirmed the revocation of the
hospital’s state tax-exempt status last Friday.
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 NOT-FOR-PROFIT CATHOLIC HEALTHCARE WEST GIVES CEO AN EXTRA $1.8 MILLION IN ONE YEAR!
Embattled Hospital Chain Accused of Violating “Excessive Pay” Guidelines; Advocacy Group Calls on IRS to Review $5.8 Million Compensation Package
SAN FRANCISCO, CA—On the heels of U.S. Senate Finance Committee hearings on not-for-profit hospitals and excessive executive compensation, Consejo de Latinos Unidos, the leading national advocacy group that fights hospital price gouging of the uninsured, called on the IRS to review the compensation package of Catholic Healthcare West’s CEO and President Lloyd H. Dean who earned an extra $1.8 million in one year, for a total one-year compensation of $5.8 million ending June 30, 2005, according to public IRS information. ...
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 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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 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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Bush's Order on Hospitals Pricing Disclosure Is 'Fox Trot in
the Right Direction'
Consumer advocacy group demands Medicare payment information on all hospital bills.
EAST LOS ANGELES, CA — Consejo de Latinos Unidos, the leading national organization
that has been combating hospital price gouging, called the
Bush Administration's executive order requiring several
federal agencies and departments to disclose hospital
payment information a "fox trot in the right direction."
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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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