Tag: people
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North Carolina hospital company forgives debts of 11,500 people after NBC News report
In July, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, announced a medical debt relief program that all of the state’s 99 eligible hospitals agreed to participate in, forgiving medical debts dating back to Jan. 1, 2014, for Medicaid beneficiaries. In addition, medical debt considered uncollectible for patients whose income is at or below at least 350% of the…
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Sean Combs’ new home — a notorious federal jail — has a ‘way of breaking people,’ lawyers say
Sean “Diddy” Combs is used to living in multimillion-dollar mansions. His new home is a notorious federal jail in New York City known for extreme violence and abominable medical care. The Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn was the scene of two fatal stabbings in two months over the summer. And in April, MS-13 gang members…