HealthCare Notes

3/1/14

Georgia’s Republican Gov. Wants To Save Money By Not Allowing Poor People To Receive Emergency Care!

Georgia’s Republican Gov. Wants To Save Money By Not Allowing Poor People To Receive Emergency Care!

"The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act of 1986 requires that a hospital treat anyone in an emergency, regardless of citizenship or ability to pay and it has saved many lives since it was enacted.  Governor Nathan Deal (R) of Georgia thinks that it is an onerous law which is costing way to much money and wants Congress to repeal it and just let those poor people die.

Deal, who has been vocal in his opposition to Obamacare, called for the repeal of the law at a University of Georgia political science alumni event."