Challenge the constitutionality of EMTALA

March 11, 2011

Hear, hear! Riddle me this, Batpersons: how come no one ever challenged the constitutionality of EMTALA? Is it some kind of truism in American politics that Ronald Reagan could do no wrong? I suppose it would be pretty difficult politically to try arguing a position where you’re basically advocating throwing laboring women out onto the streets if they can’t pay. No one, not even a politician, wants to appear that heartless. So they went and essentially enslaved hospital emergency departments, forcing them to provide services without any guarantee of payment. Immoral indeed! (KevinMD)