re: #479 SixDegrees

BBC Radio this morning made the interesting statement that the current law requiring hospital emergency rooms to treat patients regardless of their ability to pay was dropped in the HCR bill, potentially making things considerably worse for the many millions still left without any coverage under the new legislation.

I hadn’t heard anything about such a change. Anybody else?

The EMTALA already requires that hospitals can’t deny care to those in need. No need for extraneous legislation; god forbid GOB reps had to read a bill that was any longer…