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Defend America on Thursday, July 16, 2009 6:11:27 AM
Massachusetts in Suit Over Cost of Universal Care
Published: July 15, 2009
BOSTON — A hospital that serves thousands of indigent Massachusetts residents
sued the state on Wednesday, charging that its costly universal health
care law is forcing the hospital to cover too much of the expense of
caring for the poor.
The hospital, Boston Medical Center,
faces a $38 million deficit for the fiscal year ending in September,
its first loss in five years. The suit says the hospital will lose more
than $100 million next year because the state has lowered
Medicaid reimbursement rates and stopped paying Boston Medical “reasonable costs” for treating other poor patients.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/16/us/16hospital.html?_r=1