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Receivables and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Receivables and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts [Abstract] |
Loans, Notes, Trade and Other Receivables Disclosure [Text Block] | Receivables and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Receivables consist of the following:
| December 31,
(In thousands) | 2017 |  | 2016
Installment sales receivable | $ | 55,516 |  |  | $ | 55,834 |
Trade and notes receivables | 18,474 |  |  | 14,067 |
Other receivables | — |  |  | 3,477 |
Total receivables | 73,990 |  |  | 73,378 |
Less allowance for doubtful accounts | (4,167 | ) |  | (3,593 | )
Total receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 69,823 |  |  | $ | 69,785 |
The allowance for doubtful accounts related to installment sales receivable was $3.6 million and $3.3 million, and the allowance for doubtful accounts related to trade and notes receivable was $0.6 million and $0.3 million at December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Changes in our allowance for doubtful accounts are as follows:
| Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands) | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Beginning allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 3,593 |  |  | $ | 3,614 |  |  | $ | 4,023 |
Bad debt expense | 15,702 |  |  | 15,449 |  |  | 15,260 |
Accounts written off | (15,791 | ) |  | (16,095 | ) |  | (16,317 | )
Recoveries | 663 |  |  | 625 |  |  | 648 |
Ending allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 4,167 |  |  | $ | 3,593 |  |  | $ | 3,614 |

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