Smart Money: Is Your Favorite Charity Spying on You? - WSJ.com - 0 views
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Karl Wabst on 17 May 10"Whether a patient comes in for a gall-bladder operation or to have a baby, the routine remains the same for staff at Sharp HealthCare hospitals in San Diego. The front desk checks insurance records to make sure the bills get paid on time. Nurses take vitals and tag their charges with a bar-coded wristband. And behind the scenes, fund-raisers scan the assets of each patient -- to find out whether they're "megarich," "wealthy" or merely "comfortable.""
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Karl Wabst on 17 May 10Is that a microscope following me around? Must get more tin foil to keep them from seeing my thoughts.