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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Trauma in the ER: Who covers the uninsured?" By Noam N. Levey, Los Angeles Times
Trauma in the ER: Who covers the uninsured?By Noam N. Levey, Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-emergency-care-20120619,0,1062489.story?track=lat-pick
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WASHINGTON Trauma surgeons at MedStar Washington Hospital Center didn't know the name of the young man wheeled into the trauma center, unconscious and bleeding from his face and head after being hit by a car. Nor did they know he lacked insurance.
But as they worked to save his life, doctors and nurses at the capital's largest hospital ran a dizzying battery of lab tests and high-tech scans. Surgeons operated repeatedly, at one point removing a portion of his skull to relieve pressure on the brain.
As happens daily in emergency rooms nationwide, the uninsured patient received medical care guaranteed by a generation-old federal mandate that requires hospitals to care for all in need, regardless of ability to pay.
For 26 years, the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, or EMTALA, has been a bedrock principle of American healthcare passed by a bipartisan Congress, signed by a Republican president and largely unchallenged since by hospitals and doctors.
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"Trauma in the ER: Who covers the uninsured?" By Noam N. Levey, Los Angeles Times (Original Post)
applegrove
Jun 2012
OP
Not a lot of new information but well presented and an easy read. K&R nt
riderinthestorm
Jun 2012
#4
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)1. And then when he finally woke up, they presented him with a bill for
their services and hounded him into bankruptcy.
They are only required to provide care. There is no expectation that it will be free or cheap.
We have one of the worst medical care delivery systems in the civilized world. I suppose Somalia's is worse.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,381 posts)2. + a google
WCGreen
(45,558 posts)3. Well, I don't think Somalia counts as a civilized country....
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)7. Oops, my bad!
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)6. +1
DLevine
(1,788 posts)8. Exactly right. n/t
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)4. Not a lot of new information but well presented and an easy read. K&R nt
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,846 posts)5. What does 'passed by a bipartisan Congress" mean?