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California Group Accuses Hospital Chain of Aggressive Debt Collection.

By Lisa Rapaport, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Apr. 15--Hoping to pass a law this year requiring California hospitals to provide discounted care to the poor, a patient advocacy group Wednesday accused Sutter Health of using aggressive debt-collection practices and of having a billing system that discriminates against the uninsured.

In a report to be released today, Health Access, a group representing a coalition of labor and consumer organizations, said Sutter's collection agencies last year took legal action against n

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