title: A growing crisis. Scruggs lawsuits highlight the problem of caring for poor, uninsured.
authors.affiliation: Georgia Alliance of Community Hospitals, USA.
authors.forename: Monty
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Veazey
mesh_terms: D006292:Health Priorities; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D017057:Medically Uninsured / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010350:Patient Credit and Collection / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011057:Politics; D011203:Poverty; D017664:Uncompensated Care / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States