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Advocate's price discrimination violates Illinois public policy, says Attorney General
Suit filed against Advocate, other hospitals over charity care (Reuters) 
 Patients file class action lawsuit against Advocate Health Care (November 19, 2003)
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Court rules that Advocate Health Care Network may be liable for price gouging
U.S. Senate Finance Committee opens advocate inquiry
Former Advocate patients lobby Congress
Landmark bill to secure free and reduced price health care for uninsured
Attorney General launches probe into hospital price gouging
Illinois Senate Health and Human Services Committee launches inquiry into Advocate's predatory collection practices
Illinois Joint Task Force on Immigrants and Refugees investigates impact of Advocate's policies on minorities
City Council holds hearing on hospital price gouging
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 Nonprofit Hospitals Face Scrutiny Over Practices New York Times, March 19, 2005
Hospitals gut bill to curb debt collection Crain's, March 13, 2006
Grassley looking at tax status of 2 local hospitals, Crain's, May 25, 2005
Protestors seek answers on Advocate charity care, Daily Herald, Mar. 18, 2005
Your Money or Your Life, The Nation, Feb. 21, 2005
Illness Triggers Half of Bankruptcies, Chicago Sun Times, Feb. 2, 2005
Medical Bankruptcy, NPR’s Marketplace, Feb. 2, 2005
Illness and Injury as Contributors to Bankruptcy, Health Affairs, Feb. 2, 2005
Uncharitable?, New York Times Magazine, Dec. 19, 2004
Hospitals get Hostile with the Uninsured, NBC Nightly News, Nov. 29, 2004
Suit filed against Advocate, other hospitals over charity care, Reuters, June 2004
In the business of health and charity, AlterNet, Jun. 9, 2004
HHS Secretary Thompson reprimands hospitals, Wall Street Journal, Feb. 20, 2004

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Insult to Injury
Insult to Injury (video)
The Myth of Charity Care at Advocate Hospitals
Impact of Discriminatory Pricing on Latinos in Chicago  English  Spanish
Uninsured and Overcharged
Why the Working Poor Pay More
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