Missing several payments on any health-care card can ding your credit score.

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By contrast, the prevalent model of health plans in this country in effect signals individuals they can buy health care on someone else's credit card.

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CareCredit has authorized about 7, 800 health care providers in the state to accept the card, which has been issued to more than 535, 000 New Yorkers.

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The agreement also said that CareCredit "will not give kickbacks, rebates, compensation, or in-kind services" to any health care provider in exchange for its success in generating card business.

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Credit card issuers are stepping up their marketing efforts on health-care cards and lines of credit that help borrowers finance costly elective medical procedures.

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Credit card processing via mobile is another new area for Intuit, as well as its health care practitioner platform.

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The fate of health care in the U.S. Senate will set the passage odds for cap-and-trade and union card check next year.

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The card issuers don't disclose their outstanding loan volume, but GE's CareCredit card the field's largest is accepted by roughly 140, 000 health-care providers, a 40% increase from three years ago.

WSJ: Is Your Doctor Pushing Credit Cards?