reimbursement

Intervenors would be subject to limits on the number of attorneys and experts for which they could get reimbursement, and additional criteria determining whether they get paid.

The lawsuit also requests reimbursement for the federal government’s costs of fighting the fire.

"Costs for hospitals and healthcare systems in the US in many cases are funded by public reimbursement programmes, and this means taxpayers bear the burden."

They also called for a national plan to renovate hospitals, recruit more doctors and healthcare workers, particularly in remote areas, and to raise public health insurance reimbursement rates from 50 percent to 75 percent.

Many sign patients up for private insurance plans that offer high reimbursement rates and few restrictions, according to insurance experts.