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by sadfsdafklj 857 days ago
If you're talking about EMTALA, it has nothing to do with Medicare. What law do you think prohibits people from charging subscription fees? Because AFAIK every state in the union has concierge medicine.
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> If you're talking about EMTALA, it has nothing to do with Medicare.

Literally the first paragraph of the Wikipedia page about EMTALA:

> It requires hospital emergency departments that accept payments from Medicare to provide an appropriate medical screening examination (MSE) to anyone seeking treatment for a medical condition, regardless of citizenship, legal status, or ability to pay.