HOSPITAL AUTHORITY OF FLOYD COUNTY, GA. v. Schweiker

ORDER

HAROLD L. MURPHY, District Judge.

In the summer of 1966, this nation embarked on a revolutionary venture to provide health care to the elderly and disabled through the Medicare Program. 42 U.S.C. §§ 1395 et seq. This action involves Part A of that program (42 U.S.C. §§ 1395c— 1395Í-2) which provides hospital insurance benefits to qualified recipients. Under Part A, a hospital (or other defined provider) is reimbursed for the “reasonable cost” of providing services to a qualified individual. 42 U.S.C. § 1395f(b). In exchange, the hospital agrees not to bill the patient for any covered…