Question

The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) is a federal law that requires anyone coming to an emergency department to be stabilized and treated, regardless of their insurance status or ability to pay. Conservatives and Republicans: What do you think about EMTALA? can I have 2 page summary

Answer 1

The main purpose of EMTALA (Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act) act was to cover the health care units which offer emergency treatment. This act was made to prevent the health care units from rejecting patients, refusing the patients for their treatment, transferring patients to charity hospitals or any county hospitals in case of if they don't have capacity to pay the medical bills. Emergency medical treatment and labor act is a non-discriminate. The unit’s maybe hospitals, Medicare participating hospitals, walk in clinics and military hospitals etc.

If we summarize the purpose in one line then we can say that this federal law was made to treat almost anyone coming to the emergency department of a health care unit despite of their insurance status as well as ability to pay. This act was also called anti dumping. Earlier before 1986 hospitals used to reject those patients in emergency department who did not have ability to pay or medical insurance coverage. That is why emergency medical treatment and active labor act came into picture.