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Volume 361:1819-1821 November 5, 2009 Number 19
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Litigation amidst Reform — The Boston Medical Center Case
Wendy E. Parmet, J.D.

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Nearly 175 years ago, Alexis de Tocqueville wrote in Democracy in America, "There is hardly a political question in the United States which does not sooner or later turn into a judicial one." If de Tocqueville had it right, it should not be surprising that as we debate health care reform, litigation has commenced. On July 15, 2009, Boston Medical Center (BMC), Massachusetts' largest safety-net hospital, and its affiliated health care plan filed suit in state court challenging the state's Medicaid reimbursement formula. The case raises critical questions about the Massachusetts model of health care reform as well as litigation's . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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