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        "uri": "/2023/08/29/class-action-alleges-credit-bureaus-conspiracy-hampers-medical-providers-ability-to-collect-unpaid-bills-412-153454/",
        "title": "'Conspiracy!' Medical providers sue credit bureaus for omitting unpaid bills under $500",
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        "summary": "A group of medical providers filed a lawsuit against  Experian, Equifax and TransUnion, alleging they conspired to omit small unpaid medical bills from their reports, which places them at a severe disadvantage compared to hospitals.",
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        "summary": "\"This allegedly excessive annual fee would represent a concrete and personal injury to a plaintiff regardless of the funds in which he or she invested,\" the judge said.",
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        "title": "Study: Regulations are making surprise medical billing issues worse",
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        "summary": "A new study says that surprise billing legislation in California has actually narrowed patients' provider networks and incentivized provider consolidation.",
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        "byline": "Zack Needles",
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        "prettyDate": "July 31, 2020",
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        "summary": "Here's why the number bias can lead to an investment portfolio with an incompatible level of risk.",
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