Latinos Decry Catholic Bishops’ Silence on Abuses and Profits by Catholic Hospitals - $2 Billion in Profits in 2004

“Demanding that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops use its “moral authority” to force Catholic hospitals to end price gouging of uninsured middle-class families, Consejo de Latinos Unidos, a national non-profit consumer advocacy organization which educates and assists Latinos and others, released an eye-opening report today showing that the top 7 Catholic hospital systems raked in over $2 billion in profits in 2004, are sitting on over $20 billion in cash and investments, and continue to price gouge uninsured Hispanics, 9 of 10 of whom are Catholic.”

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