Chris Rangel thinks so, and thinks they are starting to act like for-profit hospitals:
After being “rejected” by the charity hospital and still being sick they come to my ER. We admit and treat them and then the hospital sends them a big fat bill (due to CMS requirements private hospitals cannot offer to treat uninsured patients for less than they bill Medicare/Medicaid). Even when the patient requests to be transferred to the local charity hospital they can’t because I can’t get anyone to accept the transfer and the reason is always, “we have no beds.”
