Legal Opinion
Franklin Memorial Hospital v. Harvey
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 5, 2009No. 08-2550PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
Since 1989, Maine has required all hospitals to provide free medical services to certain low income patients under a set of statutes and regulations collectively known as “free care laws.” See Me.Rev.Stat. Ann. tit. 22, §§ 1715, 1716; 10-144-150 Me.Code R. § 1.01 et seq. Maine’s free care laws do not reimburse the hospitals for their expenses incurred in delivering care to low income patients, and the amount of free care that the hospitals must provide is not limited under the statute.
Separately, Maine pays for the medical treatment provided to some low income patients…
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