Abstract
The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) is a controversial statute. Numerous commentators have pointed to EMTALA as a major contributor to hospital emergency department overcrowding and cost. Others, however, view changes in health care delivery and finance and their effects on the provision of charity care as root causes of the crisis that prompted EMTALA’s enactment in 1986.
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