Legal Opinion
Hospital & Healthsystem Ass'n v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 26, 2013PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice SAYLOR.1
In this direct appeal, we determine the constitutionality of legislation mandating a one-time transfer of money from the Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error Fund to Pennsylvania’s General Fund.
*592I. Background
In 2002, the General Assembly enacted the Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error Act (the “MCARE Act”),2 which requires health care providers to maintain a minimum level of professional liability insurance. The MCARE Act also created the Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error Fund (the “MCARE Fund”), which is designated as a “special…
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