Charity Care Act

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — A judge has determined that a Yakima hospital violated the state Consumer Protection Act by failing to provide adequate financial help to low-income patients. The Herald-Republic reports that Superior Court Judge Susan Hahn sided with the patients last week in their class-action lawsuit against Yakima Regional Medical and Cardiac Center and its former owner, Florida-based Heal

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — A judge says a hospital in Yakima has violated the state Charity Care Act by demanding payment from indigent patients. The Yakima Herald reports that Superior Court Judge Susan Hahn says the actions of Yakima Regional Medical and Cardiac Center constituted a breach of contract between the hospital and the patients in question. She...