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SPRINGFIELD HOSPITAL v. COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WELFARE

350 Mass. 704 (1966)

216 N.E.2d 440

THE SPRINGFIELD HOSPITAL vs. COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WELFARE (and four companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 4, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Colette Manoil (Albert G. Tierney with her) for the petitioners.

Nelson I. Crowther, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for the respondent.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, WHITTEMORE, CUTTER, & SPIEGEL, JJ.

CUTTER, J.

One Early, a recipient of old age assistance, was eligible for full payment of hospital costs under the program known as "medical assistance for the aged" (MAA). See G.L.c. 118A, §§ 13-32, inserted by St. 1960, c. 781, § 8. He had no resources which could be used to reduce hospital costs. On August 6, 1963, he was admitted to The Springfield Hospital (Springfield). Springfield promptly notified the Chicopee board of public welfare of the...

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