Top Sutter Health exec says health system doesn't have to provide free care to be not-for-profit. She's right. Top Sutter Health exec says health system doesn't have to provide free care to be not-for-profit. She's right. Top Sutter Health exec says health system doesn't have to provide free care to be not-for-profit. She's right.

Top Sutter Health exec says health system doesn't have to provide free care to be not-for-profit. She's right.

A top Sutter Health finance executive said during testimony in a federal trial that her organization is not required to provide free or discounted care, otherwise known as charity care, as a condition of being not-for-profit. Experts say that's true, with caveats.

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