Here’s the story on the Boston hospital lawsuit.

Boston Medical Center filed a lawsuit alleging the state of Massachusetts is shirking its responsibility to pay for healthcare for the poor as it struggles to fund a universal healthcare plan.

A complaint filed Wednesday in Suffolk County Superior Court argues that cuts in reimbursement approved by the Massachusetts Health and Human Services Department violate its statutory obligations to the 520-bed hospital. The lawsuit also contends that the state is essentially siphoning money from the hospital by compelling it to provide care to all comers and then reimbursing that care at 64 cents on the dollar—an average of what the state pays for uninsured patients, Medicaid enrollees and those covered under subsidized plans central to the state’s landmark universal coverage initiative.

State HHS Secretary JudyAnn Bigby said in a written statement that the administration was “disappointed” by the lawsuit. “At a time when everyone funded and served by state government is being asked to do more with less, BMC has been treated no differently. We are confident that the administration’s actions in this area comply with all applicable law and will be upheld.”

More with less. Yeah. Right out of thin air, baby.