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Pros And Cons Of The Federal Emergency Medical And Labor Act

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The Federal Emergency Medical and labor act (EMTALA) also known as the anti-dumping act was passed in 1996 by Ronald Reagan (Meyer, H., 2016). It was put into place to stop hospitals from refusing treatment or transferring patients to another hospitals before they are stabled enough to be moved. For example, if someone goes to the hospital for an illness they have to give them treatment weather they can pay or not. If the hospital need to transfer a patient to another hospital they cannot move them until they are stabled. The positive side of this law is that people will get the help that they need. Now hospital have to take responsible for their own actions now if they do not treat a patient and that person eventually die because of their
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