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ihlr-16502	Nie, David L.	Nonprofit Hospital Billing of Uninsured Patients: Consumer Based Class Actions Move to State Courts	2007	32	.pdf	application/pdf	15790	709	51	7 Plaintiffs across the country have brought claims on this very issue by asserting that private insurance com­ panies and governmental payors like Medicare and Medicaid are receiving sig­ nificant discounts for services rendered by nonprofit hospitals while uninsured patients are being billed the full list prices. 13 Regardless of the reasons for the problems associated with the charity care practices in the United States, multiple lawsuits have been filed, starting in 2004, against nonprofit hospitals in several federal courts alleging unlawful hospital billing practices for medical services rendered to the uninsured.14 Re­ nowned Mississippi plaintiffs' attorney Richard Scruggs15 coordinated the ini- gation discussed in this Note, the focus of this Note is on those patients who lack health insur­ ance and are not benefiting ftom managed care rates or government programs subsidizing their health care.	cache/ihlr-16502.pdf	txt/ihlr-16502.txt