Philadelphia Inquirer, "Lawsuits against hospitals spiking"

          Mississippi plaintiff lawyer Richard Scruggs says he is trying to solve the nation's crisis of uninsured patients. In recent months, more than 350 hospitals - including 15 in this area - have been sued in state and federal courts for allegedly overcharging uninsured patients and using aggressive tactics to collect the bills.
          "The lawsuits we have seen to date are baseless and don't begin to help solve the very real problem of the uninsured," said Alicia Mitchell, a spokeswoman for the American Hospital Association. But in announcing an agreement with a six-hospital network in rural Mississippi last week on billing uninsured patients for care, Scruggs called the settlement "a model for a responsible resolution to the crisis in uninsured health care."

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