Reporter Lindy Washburn, at The Record in Bergen County, New Jersey, has revealed the latest shenanigans of unscrupulous members of the medical profession out to make a buck. Washburn, who is something of an expert on the business practices of health care providers, investigated the unsavory activities of New Jersey doctors, dentists, and chiropractors who pressure patients to sign up for credit cards, recommend more expensive treatments than necessary, and sometimes do not complete the treatments once the money lands in their pockets. Combine an old-fashioned consumer story with health care enterprise reporting, and you have a tale of greedy medical practitioners preying on consumers.
Washburn highlighted pernicious practices that take advantage of patients when they are vulnerable, in need of immediate treatment. She reported on the predicament of Allison DeBlois, "who signed a credit card application while in agony at her practitioner's office." DeBlois offered words of warning: "Even though you're in pain, you just ought to walk out the door and take some more Ibuprofen."
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