Hospitals claim shortchanged by the 2006 health care law

Six Massachusetts hospitals have filed a lawsuit against the state The hospitals are suing the state saying they were shortchanged by the 2006 health care law The hospitals claim the state violated a law requiring health care providers be adequately reimbursed for caring for Medicaid and Medicare patients The six are known as disproportionate share hospitals because at least 63 percent of their patients are covered by public insurance