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Do Hospitals provide their services for free? No. Are Hospitals and their staff subject to government regulation given the required license to practice medicin
by IOT_Apprentice 7y ago
Do Hospitals provide their services for free? No.
Are Hospitals and their staff subject to government regulation given the required license to practice medicine? Yes.
I'm not sure your example applies here.
- LyndsySimon 7y agoI’m referring to EMTALA, which requires hospitals to provide emergency services to everyone, regardless of ability to pay: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Medical_Treatment_and_Active_Labor_Act https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Medical_Treatment_... Note that I’m not making a moral point here; I’m only pointing out that we do in fact require a natural monopoly to provide free services on demand.
- rbanffy 7y agoIndividual hospitals are not a monopoly.