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Legacy Good Samaritan Fails to Live Up to Its Name, Claim Uninsured Patients Who Complain of Over-Charging

Case ID: 3738

Amount At Issue: $300,000,000.00

Category: Drugs / Medical

Last Update: 10/06/2005

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A class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of uninsured patients who received and were billed for medical care by any hospital within the Oregon based Legacy Health Systems network of hospitals. The suit contents that Legacy billed its uninsured patients at rates far in excess of the rates employed for insured patients and that this practice was and is both discriminatory and illegal.

The complaint further states that Legacy enjoys non profit status and the associated tax benefits but in fact is highly profitable and paid its CEO over 1.4 million dollars in 2003.

Plaintiffs seek financial damages and injunctive relief from Legacy, including the placement of all assets accrued by Legacy using unfair and deceptive practices into a constructive trust for the benefit of the plaintiff. These assets are alleged to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars.

Hospitals within the Legacy network and covered by the complaint include Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center and Legacy Mt. Hood Medical Center.

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