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angryblacklady.bsky.social • 76 days ago

Gee whiz I wonder why

North Carolina’s Atrium Health says it will forgive the debts of 11,500 people — less than a week after NBC News reported that the company has aggressively pursued former patients’ medical debts, placing liens on their homes to collect on bills.

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vanillaghosthouse.bsky.social•76 days ago

raywoodson5.bsky.social•76 days ago

ghostdawg1966.bsky.social•76 days ago

We may need to rethink the whole “pitchforks and torches don’t work” paradigm.

artfulbadger.bsky.social•76 days ago

Feels like when someone mentions forming a union at work and all of a sudden theres an arcade game added to the break room

gladysfortwenny.bsky.social•76 days ago

Why do we have to kill someone to get this done? Ugh.

vg-plus.bsky.social•76 days ago

It happened months ago. So not related to the shooting at all.

undacuvabrutha.bsky.social•76 days ago

Right?!?!

queerkitty.bsky.social•76 days ago

It’s interesting —the decision was apparently announced in September after news reported on their aggressive bill chasing. I’m inclined to give credit to the media, be nice if they could do it more often

uwaine.bsky.social•76 days ago

It's sad, but violence does have an effect.

hi-pat-trick.bsky.social•76 days ago

I guess we'll never know.

christinescreen.bsky.social•76 days ago

Miracle = something they could have done a long time ago

9rgeoc.bsky.social•76 days ago

Luigi was a powerful influencer, isn't he?

susanaaz.bsky.social•76 days ago

Thanks, Luigi

seanorange.bsky.social•76 days ago

Looks like NBC isn’t being an honest broker of this story; they’re reluctant participants in a government debt relief program, not sudden altruists. And apparently this happened a while ago: https://bsky.app/profile/crownvic63.bsky.social/post/3ld5kix654224

nicolas.grumpycoder.net•76 days ago

rightwing-jesus.bsky.social•76 days ago

tabbylavalamp.bsky.social•76 days ago

I have a suspicion, but it's a shot in the dark...

xma1e.bsky.social•76 days ago

Just goes to show how misleading NBC news is if they’ve forgotton their own article from last September
https://www.nbcnews.com/investigations/north-carolina-hospital-atrium-forgives-medical-debts-11500-people-rcna171987

orlamccool.bsky.social•76 days ago

Anthems heart grew one size...nah, Anthem doesn't have a heart. They just reduced the pool of potential assassins.

lvandewater.bsky.social•76 days ago

Wow, completely apropos of nothing! What a world!

cynthianevil.bsky.social•76 days ago

I doubt it was holiday spirit.

dkarfs.bsky.social•76 days ago

This is because of NC’s Medical Debt Relief Incentive Program. Our Gov. Cooper has been working on getting hospital systems in NC to forgive medical debt. All eligible hospitals have now signed on. In return for forgiving debt, the hospitals are eligible for higher Medicaid reimbursements.

thebystander99.bsky.social•76 days ago

Like 99% chance it was ‘cause they were visited by 3 ghosts who took them on a reflective odyssey.

heatherdega.bsky.social•76 days ago

realmarkebenhoch.bsky.social•76 days ago

Lol cmon.. they got spooked! 🤣

coastally1337.bsky.social•76 days ago

Turns out that in this nation of bullies, bullying works?

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