Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan signed the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, which required emergency rooms to provide emergency health care to anyone, regardless of immigration ...

Here & Now‘s Deborah Becker speaks with Dr. Nisha Verma about a federal law that supersedes state abortion bans called the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. Verma is a board-certified and ...

On June 3, 2025, the Trump administration rescinded Biden-era federal guidance that affirmed the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) and specifically reinforced its supremacy in ...

The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), codified in section 1867 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 1395dd), was enacted in 1986 to ensure that no individual who presents at an ...

A 66-year-old woman, Mrs R, was brought into the emergency department (ED) by ambulance at 5:30 AM. The night before, a hurricane had passed through the area, creating devastation and a large-scale ...

To bring a claim for denial of emergency treatment under the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, the plaintiff must show not only that he was suffering from an emergency medical ...