Health law guarantees protections for emergency room visits

Kaiser Health News' Maggie Mertens writes: "When Kelly Arellanes fell off a horse and suffered a severe head injury in rural Arkansas, medics said she would need to be airlifted immediately to the nearest hospital—50 miles away in Fort Smith. There, emergency surgery saved her life - but at a cost" (Mertens, 5/13). Read the entire article.

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