Comments on: bm253 The Threat of Hospital Closings in Newark http://citizenreporter.org/2008/03/bm253-the-threat-of-hospital-closings-in-newark/ Under-reported news + global concerns by a Portuguese-American, activist-journalist based in Amsterdam. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:48:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Julian Todd http://citizenreporter.org/2008/03/bm253-the-threat-of-hospital-closings-in-newark/comment-page-1/#comment-162295 Julian Todd Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:26:27 +0000 http://citizenreporter.org/2008/03/bm253-the-threat-of-hospital-closings-in-newark/#comment-162295 Your reporting touched on the following law as part of the source of funding difficulties. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Medical_Treatment_and_Active_Labor_Act It's important to note that it was passed in 1986 during the Reagan administration. It would be useful to revisit the politics behind it, because on the face of it it is unusual for a extreme right-wing administration to pass such a law. However, my feeling was that the problem of "patient dumping" was so acute that there would have been effective action to bring about universal health coverage. This was very much the least that could have been done to deal with the PR crisis. Your reporting touched on the following law as part of the source of funding difficulties.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Medical_Treatment_and_Active_Labor_Act

It’s important to note that it was passed in 1986 during the Reagan administration. It would be useful to revisit the politics behind it, because on the face of it it is unusual for a extreme right-wing administration to pass such a law. However, my feeling was that the problem of “patient dumping” was so acute that there would have been effective action to bring about universal health coverage. This was very much the least that could have been done to deal with the PR crisis.

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