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An emergency care ban?!
Right now, a Supreme Court case could determine whether states can ban emergency care by ignoring a long-standing federal law — the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) — that requires hospitals to treat all ER patients with the medical treatment needed to preserve their life and safety.
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