Under EMTALA, hospitals that offer emergency services ___________________.?
A) are free to refuse emergency services to patients who do not show proof of insurance
B) ?can refuse emergency services to patients as long as another hospital agrees to accept the patient as a transfer
C) must screen and stabilize, if necessary, any patient who arrives in the emergency department
D) ?must provide emergency services free of charge to a certain number of individual to meet the EMTALA charity obligations
C
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