“Actually, turning them away is a Federal crime.”
“Lawsuits are a minor problem, compared to EMTALA.”
What follows is a serious proposition (not sarcasm or a joke):
Why not “subscription-only” hospitals WITHOUT “emergency rooms”?
That is, a hospital that is purpose-built to serve ONLY those who are pre-enrolled in medical plans, either through third-party insurers or perhaps through a “direct-paid” subscription from individuals/families (kind of like “concierge” doctors)?
Like the line from “Field of Dreams”:
“If you built it, they will come.”
Turn this around:
“If you DON’T build it, they WON’T come.”
That is to say, provide extensive medical services withOUT handling emergencies, and they will have no choice but to go somewhere else.
What does the law say about that?
Just wonderin’....
Especially if the only way to get into the building is with a "subscrition card" that they have to pass in front of a scanner at the entry door.
None of this walk up to the Emergency entry and the doors whisk open automatically.