Emergency departments, by federal law (EMTALA, or the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act), must treat all patients regardless of insurance status ability to pay. Emergency physicians also believe in this decades old law’s moral principle: All people deserve care.

 

Virginia's actions will cripple emergency physicians', staff, and hospitals’ ability to provide quality access to care — both during the current COVID-19 crisis and long after.  

 

Thank you for your consideration,
Jessica Cartoski, MD