04.11.24 CONSUMER ALERT: Medical Facility Debt Collection / Self-Checkout Changes

The Clark Howard Podcast

Clark Howard

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

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🗓️ 11 April 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Today Clark shares an important warning for anyone who has a relative or friend in a nursing home, assisted living, hospital or any other medical facility. Also - Self-checkout seemed like a great idea, until stores realized how much theft was occurring. Expect to see some changes in this area. Medical Facilities Payment Scheme: Segment 1 Ask Clark: Segment 2 Retail Self-Checkout: Segment 3 Ask Clark: Segment 4 Mentioned on the show: Why a financial regulator is going after health care debt 3 Things to Know Before You Lease a Car TrueCar | New & Used Cars for Sale | Car Pricing & Reviews Electrek | EV and Tesla News, Green Energy, Ebikes, and more Carfax Electric Car Lease Deals Which Are The Cheapest Electric Cars To Lease? How to Shop for Lower Car Insurance Best Auto Insurance Companies and Some of the Worst Best And Worst Homeowners Insurance Companies Submit a complaint | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau New York Post: Target to limit self-checkout to 10 items as stores trend away from the technology amid concerns of theft New York Post: Dollar General drops self-checkout at hundreds of stores to reduce theft 5 Reasons Sam's Club Is Better Than Costco Getting a Ton of New Credit Card Offers? Here’s What You Need To Do Should I Freeze My Credit With Innovis, SageStream, CoreLogic and LexisNexus? Clark.com resources Episode transcripts Community.Clark.com Clark.com daily money newsletter Consumer Action Center Free Helpline: 636-492-5275 Learn more about your ad choices: megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:14.2	financial decisions in your life. I'm going to start today with a special
1:19.5	important warning for you if a friend or relative is in a nursing home, assisted living,
1:26.4	in the hospital, anything like that you need to know there's dirty stuff going
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