Access to Emergency Care Act

UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 27: Emergency medical physicians, from left, James Williams, Diane Fite, and David Wilcox, attend a rally held by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), on the West Front. More then 3,500 health professionals assembled to urge Congress to pass the "Access to Emergency Care Act," which recognizes emergency medical care as providing essential public services that should receive public funding, just as police and fire departments do. (Photo By Tom Williams/Roll Call/Getty Images)