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Robbing Hood: Unmasking Nonprofit Hospitals

Meet Robbing Hood. Evolving from his origins as an aide to those in need to the exact opposite – someone who takes from the poor and gives to the rich – Robbing Hood embodies the progression of America’s nonprofit hospitals. Watch CQC’s first video in the series to meet Robbing Hood, see how nonprofit hospitals mask what they truly are: big businesses whose priorities do not lie with the people they serve.

Hospitals across the country – including many nonprofit hospitals that receive millions in tax breaks for the promise of providing charity care and community benefits – are systematically saddling low-income patients who should qualify for free or reduced care with devastating bills. These hospitals are also deploying predatory bill collection practices to hound vulnerable patients who are unable to pay. 

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