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LOS ANGELES — The shooting death of Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop David O'Connell — known as a “peacemaker” — is being investigated as a homicide, sheriff’s officials said Sunday.

Despite growing evidence of the harm caused by medical debt, hundreds of U.S. hospitals maintain policies to aggressively pursue patients for unpaid bills, using tactics such as lawsuits, selling patient accounts to debt buyers, and reporting patients to credit rating agencies, a KHN investigation shows.

Policies to aggressively pursue patients for unpaid bills are common among US hospitals

An examination of billing policies and practices at more than 500 hospitals across the country shows widespread reliance on aggressive collection tactics.

National Nurses United organizers at Ascension Seton Medical Center just delivered a major victory for the Texas labor movement.

Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (NYSE: LH), also known as LabCorp, is slated to report second-quarter 2022 results on Jul 28, before market open.

The Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas is absolutely right: The recent desecration of Ascension Catholic School in Overland Park was an “overt act of hatred and incivility.”

It's hardly a secret that American labor law and workplace practices are designed for the benefit of employers, not workers.

A Wisconsin judge treats health care workers like serfs, legally tied to the workplace they'd like to leave.