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[–]thefirststone 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This could perhaps put the hospital(s) in breach of federal law:

The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, or EMTALA, guarantees a certain level of medical care to anyone who comes to an emergency department that accepts payments from Medicare or Medicaid.

But MSNBC doesn't even hint at the regulatory or contractual ramificiations. Of course.