'It’s like I’m worthless’: Troubleshooters investigate patient dumping allegations

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‘It’s like I’m worthless’: Troubleshooters investigate patient dumping allegations

https://www.wave3.com/2023/06/29/its-like-im-worthless-troubleshooters-investigate-patient-dumping-allegations/

John Boel investigates after multiple reports of patients being dumped out of Louisville hospitals.

‘It’s like I’m worthless’: Troubleshooters investigate patient dumping allegations

The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, known as EMTALA, was passed in 1986 as a federal anti-dumping law. It mandates “patients who present to a hospital emergency department”... “must undergo an appropriate medical screening examination by a physician”... “to determine whether they have an emergency medical condition.”