Healthcare Reform

Healthcare Reform

Although healthcare has always been a major social issue, it is considered to have first become a major political issue in the mid-1940s. As modern world entered into a new phase of globalisation, people started to shift from one place to another for better living standards. One myth regarding healthcare in the United States is that health insurance is required for access to care (Engel, 2002). The federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) states that hospitals and providers accepting Medicare payments must provide emergency medical care, including providing a medical intake exam, stabilizing an emergency condition, or ...