TELL PRESIDENT OBAMA, CONGRESS, AND THE SENATE TO PROHIBIT ALL HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS FROM HARASSING AMERICANS, PARTICULARLY THE UNEMPLOYED, THE INDIGENT, AND THOSE ON SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY, FOR PAYMENT OF MEDICAL BILLS THEY CAN NEVER AFFORD TO PAY!

WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF ONE OF THE WORST RECESSIONS IN AMERICAN ECONOMIC HISTORY, AND STILL MANY SELF-SERVING HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, PARTICULARLY CORPORATE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, REFUSE TO WRITE-OFF BALANCES TO CHARITY, EVEN WHEN THEY KNOW THE PATIENT CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY, AND INSTEAD, WASTE RESOURCES ON COLLECTION AGENCIES WHO FUTILELY HARASS AMERICANS, MANY OF WHOM CANNOT EVER WORK AGAIN AND ARE IN ILL HEALTH.

EVERY TIME A HEALTHCARE PROVIDER DAMAGES A PATIENT'S CREDIT RATING, IT HURTS AMERICA, AS IT CONTRIBUTES TO HOMELESSNESS, BY PREVENTING FIRST-TIME HOME BUYERS FROM QUALIFYING FOR A MORTAGE! THIS IS WRONG...AND UNAMERICAN...ON SO MANY LEVELS! IT AMOUNTS TO NOTHING SHORT OF DEBTOR'S PRISON AND ECONOMIC SLAVERY!

IT IS BAD ENOUGH THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS THE ONLY CIVILIZED NATION THAT, EVEN IN THE 21ST CENTURY, REFUSES TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL, SINGLE-PAYER HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, BUT FOR A CIVILIZED NATION TO ALLOW ITS MOST VULNERABLE CITIZENS TO HAVE THEIR CREDIT RATINGS RUINED, WHICH EFFECTS THEIR ABILITY TO BE APPROVED FOR EVEN RENTAL HOUSING, MUCH LESS QUALIFY FOR A MORTGAGE, TO BE HARASSED FOR MONEY THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY, AND TO HAVE THEIR ALREADY-PRECARIOUS HEALTHCARE EXACERBATED DUE TO THE STRESS OF A RUINED CREDIT RATING AND HEALTHCARE-PROVIDER-HARASSMENT, IS NOTHING SHORT OF EXTORTION, TORTURE, AND EVEN MURDER!

IT IS TIME FOR OUR GOVERNMENT TO STOP KOW-TOWING TO HEALTHCARE LOBBYISTS WHOSE ONLY CONCERN IS FILTHY LUCRE, AND STOP THIS UNCONSCIONABLE PRACTICE IMMEDIATELY!