The Maraachlis are apparently planning to make a run for the U.S. border. This sounds like a bad plan. But at least one thing going for them is that the closest state is Michigan. Michigan is in the Sixth Circuit which does not recognize an inpatient exception to EMTALA. Consequently, regardless of the standard of care or the appropriateness of continuing treatment, a Michigan hospital could arguably be obligated to continue treatment indefinitely if Joseph reached its front door.
This reminds me of the scene in First Do No Harm in which Meryl Streep's character tries to take her son out the hospital contrary to medical advice. Hospital security stops her and the hospital then files to terminate her parental rights for not acting in her son's best interest.
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