EMTALA a hidden tax?

Joe Paduda writes EMTALA and cost-shifting:

Opinion time. EMTALA is a hidden tax, requiring hospitals to treat patients without hope of reimbursement. The cost of treatment is then shifted to other, paying patients, further driving up their health care costs.

And as more and more folks lose their insurance, those left with insurance cards in their wallets will find the increasing number of their ‘dependents’ is growing beyond their ability to cover them.