Almost $1.6 billion has been taken out of the fund to pay for charity care since 1993.
In 1997, the state would increase spending for charity care from the general budget to $68 million.
She believed the concept could work, and her success with charity medical care here was very highly regarded.
But there is a lot more to community service than just charity care.
And charity care is one way to provide benefit to the community.
But it is unclear who would foot the bill if the need for charity care were to go higher.
The hospital will have no choice but to cut services or pay for charity care from other accounts.
University Hospital is also the state's single largest provider of charity care.
What also emerged was a greater reluctance to lower the bottom line through charity care.
"Why pursue litigation instead of charity care at that point?"
