According to a New York Times expose, one of the largest non-profit hospital chains is guilty of employing illegal practices in harassing patients for moneyThe article details systemic violations by Providence Health of laws in multiple states regarding patients who qualify for Medicaid A recently bereaved mother who applied for financial assistance was hit with bill of $125,000 a month after her child diedStaff first approached her to ask how she'd pay as the premature infant lay dying in intensive care  Another elderly patient was forced to cut back on groceries, medication and go without heat in order to pay her bills A woman who worked at the hospital was hit with a $8,000 bill by her employer when she took time off to have a cyst removed
See Details: Non-profit hospital giant Providence bullied poor patients into paying for free treatment: Asked woman about payment as baby lay dying, forced another to go without heat, stiffed their own employee and set debt collectors on teenage mother