re: #228 Pie-onist Overlord

Well, if that is the case, then the hospital could be on the hook for a whole lot more now - given all the other potential exposures involved.

And if it can be shown that the issue was insurance, then the hospital broke federal law - Emergency Medical and Treatment Labor Act (EMTLA). EMTLA, passed way back in 1986, prohibits the denial of care to indigent or uninsured patients based on a lack of ability to pay. Hospitals can’t use unnecessary transfers while care is administered, and prevents suspension of care once initiated.

If it can be shown that the hospital basically engaged in patient dumping, then they could be on the hook for some serious liability - civil and criminal.

But this is Texas we’re talking about, and they would prefer if you raise yourself by your bootstraps into your own coffin.