Question

Do We Still Need EMTALA?

what are the benefits of EMTALA?

Does EMTALA increase the overall cost of healthcare spending in the US?

Answer 1

The EMTALA (Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act) was initiated in 1986 to provide care to all patients during emergency irrespective of any background, in simple proving care in a non discriminatory way to all who approach a hospital for healthcare service during the emergency situations or in a critical situations. Though the knowledge of having insurance as a must to get medical services, there are still people without insurance coverage who are at risk for no healthcare services.In order to prevent this or save their life EMTALA is very essential or in simple we still need EMTALA.

The benefits of EMTALA are

• To provide emergency care to all
• To screen all emergency cases
• To stabilize the critical patient before transferring them to the appropriate healthcare centers
• Reduced the mortality and morbidity rate
• It provides rights for a patient to ask for a service

The overall cost of healthcare spending in the US has greatly increased the expense by 45% and making it difficult to make it available from all hospitals .