In order to avoid EMTALA violations, what would have to happen is the family would have to have an accepting physician at a different institution and there would have to be a hospital to hospital transfer — the family is free to attempt to find a receiving facility — but then the cost of transfer would fall to the family.
Interesting,
Thanks Gasser.
Seems the Freedom of Medical treatment is worse than
Getting a Divorce and a least twice as Expensive.