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so did obama just screw our 2013 contract? (health care)
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<blockquote data-quote="JonFrum" data-source="post: 705619" data-attributes="member: 18044"><p>True. You beat me to the punch. I was going to ask how many knew what EMTALA was?</p><p> </p><p>That's the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act of 1986.</p><p> </p><p>I believe it defines "an emergency" broadly to include many conditions, and defines "treatment until the patient is stabilized" liberally to include the usual follow-up visits. If you show up with a broken bone, or need stiches, for example, the hospital and doctor are required to fix you up, and also see you for follow-up visits to monitor your progress, remove the cast, remove the stiches etc. All for free if you can't pay. It's been like this since 1986!!!</p><p> </p><p>Doctors and hospitals err on the side of safety, in part, because of the legal penalties if they are found guilty of not treating someone fully.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JonFrum, post: 705619, member: 18044"] True. You beat me to the punch. I was going to ask how many knew what EMTALA was? That's the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act of 1986. I believe it defines "an emergency" broadly to include many conditions, and defines "treatment until the patient is stabilized" liberally to include the usual follow-up visits. If you show up with a broken bone, or need stiches, for example, the hospital and doctor are required to fix you up, and also see you for follow-up visits to monitor your progress, remove the cast, remove the stiches etc. All for free if you can't pay. It's been like this since 1986!!! Doctors and hospitals err on the side of safety, in part, because of the legal penalties if they are found guilty of not treating someone fully. [/QUOTE]
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