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Every emergency room doctor will love if EMTALA will be repealed.It is pretty crappy in terms of the govt requiring you to do something

Posted by James Bond (aka Igor) (aka Igor) Jul 1 '12, 14:16

without compensating you for it.

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yeah, telling them they can't let people who can't pay die. what's up with that? -- nm - mafic Jul 1, 14:43 4
- And that would be why the law exists. -- nm - the liioulu with Jul 1, 14:45
- I never said people should be denied care. But if the govt is going to require that no one is turned away, they should pay for that. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 1, 14:45 2
  - I happen to agree with you here, but for that to work it requires a fundamental change in your health care system, since it's effectively government - mafic Jul 1, 14:49 1
    - Yes, obamacare does do this. So that is good. The question is how much reimbursement will be, because if everyone lowers their reimbursement it will - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 1, 14:55
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- hmm.. they do? I never heard of it. From my understanding EMTALA means ERs must see everyone, regardless of payment. The patient just comes "self-pay" - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 1, 14:22 14
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    - It is an "unfunded mandate", which I interpret as something hospitals must do but don't get any funding for it. -- (link) - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 1, 14:34 2
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      - According to a May 2003 American Medical Association study, emergency physicians on average provide $138,300 of EMTALA-related charity care each year, - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 1, 14:36
    - I seriously haven't heard of it. Source please. I will discuss it with the ER docs. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 1, 14:32
  - EMTALA is, indeed, the central factor in the �free-rider� phenomenon. The government forces hospitals to care for these individuals, without financial - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 1, 14:29 8
    - But how much does a law suit incurred as a result of turning away a patient cost? - the liioulu with Jul 1, 14:41 7
      - To have a malpractice suit you need to prove 4 things: One of them is having a responsibility to take care of that patient. If the patient is never - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 1, 14:44 6
        
        Given some of the #'s we've seen here recently...maybe hospitals shouldn't let insurance companies off the hook so cheaply then - Will Hunting Jul 1, 15:15 2
        
        The true cost of things and how all that is negotiated has always interested me. However, those details are never revealed. Maybe as I climb the ranks - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 1, 15:19 1
        
        Something I found out about that from my accident: Geico paid less than $100 for my ER visit, yet Blue Cross' negotiated fee was over $800. - CovingtonCat Jul 1, 15:34
        
        It exists because too many people dies because they were turned away from ERs because they couldn't pay. - the liioulu with Jul 1, 14:49 2
        
        I never said people should be turned away. But if the govt makes a law, they should at least fund it. I have no clue how things were before the law - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 1, 14:52 1
        
        Then do some research. -- nm - the liioulu with Jul 1, 14:55

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