'The People's Hospital' treats uninsured and undocumented
Many of the patients here <i>are dealing with serious illnesses as a result of not being able to get access to basic preventive care.</i> This is part of why it matters to make healthcare accessible: It&#x27;s more expensive to not make it accessible.<p>Ye olde &quot;the horse was lost because the horseshoe was lost because a nail was lost&quot; principle. It&#x27;s not just that someone has an advanced illness, if they die and now their kid needs additional resources from the welfare system, the rest of us are paying for it.<p>According to this piece, under EMTALA -- he Emergency Medical Treatment &amp; Labor Act passed in the 1980s -- it&#x27;s not illegal to treat undocumented immigrants.