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Ritabert

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1. Republicans will try to repeal EMTALA

Reply to Midnight Writer (Original post)

Tue Jun 17, 2025, 01:12 PM

Jun 17

Thanks to EMTALA if you show up at the emergency room they have to see you whether you have insurance or not. GOP politicians want that gone so hospitals can go back to dumping the indigent in Skid Row like they used to.

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OK, so we cut millions of Americans off of Medicaid. Then what? [View all] Midnight Writer Jun 17 OP

Republicans will try to repeal EMTALA Ritabert Jun 17 #1

"World's greatest healthcare system" at it again I see ck4829 Jun 17 #2

It's a disgrace. Ritabert Jun 17 #7

Yes people will die. Irish_Dem Jun 17 #3

Definitely. Ritabert Jun 17 #8

Killing people is the goal. Irish_Dem Jun 17 #10

Yep too many people on Medicaid and Medicare Ritabert Jun 17 #13

Gonna die anyway. Why should billionaires give up tax cuts to keep us alive. Irish_Dem Jun 17 #15

Small hospitals in rural areas will close Mysterian Jun 17 #4

Exactly KT2000 Jun 17 #5

Americans die and the rich get richer, that's what. Capitalism will always destroy democracies ImNotGod Jun 17 #6

Well...The rich get richer and the poor suffer, of course. Iggo Jun 17 #9

What Then? Well, then, poor people will die sooner than expected. MineralMan Jun 17 #11

The real "death panels" Ritabert Jun 17 #14

Exactly. MineralMan Jun 17 #16

Preventable deaths and massive medical debt nt berniesandersmittens Jun 17 #12

Or, the Republican house and senate Bettie Jun 17 #17