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ERs cannot turn people away. Waiting times will get longer. Hospitals owned by private equity will get a surprise bite to their bottom line. University hospital
by bawana 1y ago
ERs cannot turn people away. Waiting times will get longer. Hospitals owned by private equity will get a surprise bite to their bottom line. University hospitals will send their bills to the state.
- burnt-resistor 1y agoNo, not exactly. EMTALA only requires emergency stabilization. It doesn't exempt medical bankruptcy or dumping stabilized patients on public hospitals.
- susiecambria 1y agoDidn't the ACA reduce DSH payments because more people would be receiving Medicaid and thus the need for DSH was reduced? I've not read the Big Bad and Ugly Bill but I'm presuming that since it cuts Medicaid, and the GOP has so little empathy, that funding for DSH was not increased. (Though as I write this I realize how stupid I sound; of course the GOP did not increase funding!)