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: Bodily Injury BlogHospital Settles Class Action Over Uninsured Care
By Edward Bills
A Chicago hospital group has agreed to offer uninsured patients free and discounted medical care in order to resolve a class-action lawsuit. Under the settlement, the nonprofit Advocate Health Care would provide charity assistance to uninsured individual earning up to 400 percent of the federal poverty level. An increasing number of nonprofit hospitals have been criticized for failing to provide enough charity care to justify their tax exempt status. The settlement involving Advocate must still be approved by a judge
Full post as published by Bodily Injury Blog on February 01, 2009 (boomark / email).
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