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This was a problem manufactured by the Democrats. The majority of Americans who wanted insurance had insurance. The only solution needed to reign in cost is to allow hospitals to NOT treat people who cannot pay. Triage is all they are entitled to.
And where do those go or do they just sure on the streets and collected for Solent Green?
This was a problem manufactured by the Democrats. The majority of Americans who wanted insurance had insurance. The only solution needed to reign in cost is to allow hospitals to NOT treat people who cannot pay. Triage is all they are entitled to.
This was a repair created by the medical community, not a partisan effort by any means.
EMTALA is necessary to protect the public at large. And in fact it protects the hospitals themselves.
One error in denying emergency treatment to a patient could easily result in a mega-million dollar suit against a hospital.
After 2015 the remaining Co-ops expect to make profit. Capitalism at its best only the strong survive.
Just like most business in the USA.
Well, show us the proof of this where all the remaining Co-ops are going to make a profit.
If there's one thing about Trump that I stand behind, it's doing away with all state borders and restrictions to insurance companies to compete head to head. If there is any way to save healthcare in the U.S. it's with CAPITALISM and competition. Get the bought out government insiders out of picture.
Maybe if they took the time to really look into what they were shoving down our throats, BEFORE they shoved it down our throats, there wouldn't be such an outcry to repeal this HORRIBLE piece of unlawful legislation.
To the O-cult, their messiah can do no wrong. Ever.
Well, show us the proof of this where all the remaining Co-ops are going to make a profit.
If there's one thing about Drumpf that I stand behind, it's doing away with all state borders and restrictions to insurance companies to compete head to head. If there is any way to save healthcare in the U.S. it's with CAPITALISM and competition. Get the bought out government insiders out of picture.
The only problem with that is the insurers would likely go and chose to go to states with the lowest restrictions. Am I the only one around here who thinks this is actually a problem?
That is my point. Hospitals should not be obligated to treat anyone. Give'em a Band-Aid, a pain shot, and cab fair home.
Just curious about your take on this. Should private non profit hospitals continue to receive tax exemptions? (somewhat like religious organizations)
Abstract
"Hospitals in the U.S. have long been able to obtain exemption from federal income tax because they meet the requirement known as the standard of “community benefit.” Yet lawmakers and scholars know virtually nothing about the actual workings of tax-exempt hospitals, or about whether, how, and to what extent they deliver benefits to their communities. ..."
New requirements for tax-exempt hospitals were put in place as part of the Affordable Care Act.
Should the rights of corporations, even private non-profit ones, supersede the rights of individual human beings? Why is the corporation's or industry's right to potentially protect monopolies seen as more important than the individual's right to protect their health?
This was a repair created by the medical community, not a partisan effort by any means.
EMTALA is necessary to protect the public at large. And in fact it protects the hospitals themselves.
One error in denying emergency treatment to a patient could easily result in a mega-million dollar suit against a hospital.
Let's face it, the Affordable Care Act was largely written by Industry Lobbyists:
"The Center for Responsive Politics reports that the health-care industry spent over $243 million lobbying on health care issues through the first six months of 2013. No other industry sector spent more lobbying Congress and the federal government. ..."
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