Racist doctors?I have a question, how did they force him to leave? The primary care provider statement shouldn't matter. Hospitals can't refuse care for patients - it's a federal law. Undocumented or not.
It does seem like a blatant violation of that law, but hospitals find ways. I volunteer with homeless people, and American hospitals just find ways to not treat people they don't want to. Some do it more than others, but it does happen to poor and uninsured people in this country every day.Pretty sad OP, hang in there.
I have a question, how did they force him to leave? The primary care provider statement shouldn't matter. Hospitals can't refuse care for patients - it's a federal law. Undocumented or not.
EMTALA
Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA) | CMS
For Medicare hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CAH): Learn about EMTALA and find CMS interpretive guidelines.www.cms.gov
Yeah, I was wondering, even as shitty as the US healthcare system is, I thought they couldn't do that...Pretty sad OP, hang in there.
I have a question, how did they force him to leave? The primary care provider statement shouldn't matter. Hospitals can't refuse care for patients - it's a federal law. Undocumented or not.
EMTALA
Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA) | CMS
For Medicare hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CAH): Learn about EMTALA and find CMS interpretive guidelines.www.cms.gov
Oh, fucking hell.It does seem like a blatant violation of that law, but hospitals find ways. I volunteer with homeless people, and American hospitals just find ways to not treat people they don't want to. Some do it more than others, but it does happen to poor and uninsured people in this country every day.
It's gross, but what you gonna do, sue a hospital?
Good luck with that.
Mom had a heart attack last night, and a nurse at the hospital she was at last night is undergoing tests for covid-19. So, I'm super worried and feel your pain.