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Archive for May 8th, 2008

Governor Mike Huckabee … - Blogs - Revolution Health

Posted by GruntDoc on 8th May 2008

Governor Mike Huckabee … - Blogs - Revolution Health

Dr. Val continues to set the bar, this time with Governor Mike Huckabee.  The power of a blogger.

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The wreck of the good ship, EMTALA at edwinleap.com

Posted by GruntDoc on 8th May 2008

The wreck of the good ship, EMTALA at edwinleap.com
EMTALA, the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, was passed in 1986. For those who aren’t familiar with yet another acronym, EMTALA is a federal law that was enacted to keep poor, uninsured patients from being ‘dumped’ on indigent-care hospitals, or any other facility, for financial reasons. Although it was a good idea, it soon grew fangs, tentacles, claws, rose up to several hundred stories in height and developed a surly attitude and bad breath. It is, in fact, one of the largest unfunded mandates the US legislative branch has ever gifted on its subjects.

Dr. Leap, speaking the Truth.  Read it.

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