EMTALA makes sense in a high trust society. The problem is twofold, 1. Government designed health insurance has made access to primary care far longer and more tedious than necessary or even profitable. 2. EMTALA clogs EDs with people who abuse the system and will never pay their bill. If we had a pre ACA healthcare system or just flat out abolished insurance providers in their modern capacity problem 1 wouldn’t exist. If we stopped forcing emergency care for urgent care or primary care situations then the problem solves itself. Government will never do this by choice, they despise low cost solutions. They created a 20 billion dollar industry forcing hospitals to pay administrative costs to be compliant with healthcare laws every year, they have zero compunction about forcing socialism in cost while claiming private care.
EMTALA makes sense in a high trust society. The problem is twofold, 1. Government designed health insurance has made access to primary care far longer and more tedious than necessary or even profitable. 2. EMTALA clogs EDs with people who abuse the system and will never pay their bill. If we had a pre ACA healthcare system or just flat out abolished insurance providers in their modern capacity problem 1 wouldn’t exist. If we stopped forcing emergency care for urgent care or primary care situations then the problem solves itself. Government will never do this by choice, they despise low cost solutions. They created a 20 billion dollar industry forcing hospitals to pay administrative costs to be compliant with healthcare laws every year, they have zero compunction about forcing socialism in cost while claiming private care.