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Passed in 1986, EMTALA (the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act) requires hospitals in the US to provide emergency medical care for anyone in need, regardless of race, ethnicity or citizenship.

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That is the EMTALA law. A very complicated law that deals with this issue. The link below contains lots of detailed information about EMTALA.


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