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President Reagan signed into a law measure that prohibits hospitals turning away anyone needing emergency room treatments. The measure only covers hospitals which receive federal funds, but it is a law.

The issues being:

1. Number of fully private hospitals with no federal funding in Indiana.

2. Number of doctors who either aren't aware of the law or will claim temporary ignorance after the fact.

#1 may be a pretty low number, especially depending on how you define 'receive federal funds'. I don't think taking Medicare would qualify, but until I see the written definition in the regulations...

http://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/EMTALA/index.html?redirect=/emtala/

Thank you. Very helpful.

The States regulation requiring two people to be in the cockpit at all times is now in effect for Europe.

From what I've been reading, investigators found a doctor's note in his apartment, one which excused him from flying that day. Basically, he'd been declared unfit to work. And the note was in the trash.

What kind of illness? There's unsourced (or unnamed) accounts saying it was mental. He'd been to a clinic within the last month. It may be possible to get his physician to talk. But for now, we don't know. Just that the airline seems to have been in the dark.

We seem to be on track for an answer. It won't be a comforting one.

I heard the same.

The German newspaper Bild claims to have gotten a copy, and it's been spreading out from there.

According to that article, this was the timeline.

German paper's timeline of Flight 9525's final moments

By Frederik Pleitgen, CNN

Updated 10:14 AM ET, Sun March 29, 2015

(CNN)German tabloid newspaper Bild has released what is claims is a summary of the timeline from downed Germanwings Flight 9525.

The timeline is based on the data recorded on one of the "black boxes" recovered from the wreckage. A transcript of the cockpit voice recording has not been released, and Bild cites sources close to the investigation for the information.

CNN translated Bild's report but cannot independently verify the information. The timeline provides one of the most detailed descriptions of the plane's final moments:

According to Bild:

• There are 1.5 hours of sound on the voice recorder.

• The flight took off 20 minutes late, and Capt. Patrick Sondenheimer apologizes for the delay and says they will try and make up for it in the air.

• Even before takeoff, the captain tells co-pilot Andreas Lubitz that he didn't manage to go to the bathroom in Barcelona. Lubitz tells him he can go anytime.

• The plane reaches its cruising altitude of 38,000 feet at 10:27 a.m. local time.

• The captain asks the co-pilot to prepare the landing.

• After the check, Lubitz repeats to the captain, "You can go now." There is the sound of a seat moving backward. After that, the captain is heard saying, "You can take over."

• At 10:29 a.m., air traffic radar detects that the plane is beginning to descend.

• At 10:32 a.m., air traffic controllers contact the plane and receive no answer. Almost at the same time, an alarm goes off in the cockpit saying "sink rate."

• Shortly after there is a loud bang on the door. The pilot can be heard screaming, "For God's sake, open the door!" Passengers can be heard screaming in the background.

• At 10:35 a.m., loud metallic bangs can be heard as though someone is trying to knock down the door. The plane is at about 23,000 feet.

• Ninety seconds later, another alarm goes off: "Terrain -- pull up!" The plane is at about 16,400 feet. The captain is heard screaming, "Open the damn door!"

• At 10:38 a.m., the plane is descending toward the French Alps, and the co-pilot can be heard breathing. The plane is at about 13,100 feet.

• At 10:40 a.m., it sounds like the plane's right wing scrapes a mountaintop, then screams can be heard one more time. Those are the last sounds on the voice recorder.

*moment of silence*

I've also seen reports that Lubitz spent time encouraging Sondenheimer to hit the bathroom and possibly making other suggestions to get him out of the cockpit. There's also a story claiming Lubitz's girlfriend -- the one who'd just broken up with him -- is pregnant and informed him of it prior to the split. Contributing factor? Who knows. I just have pity for the child, and hope his ex gets far away from all this.

But I think at this point, we can remove this tragedy from 'spontaneous decision'. He may not have been planning it for long, but it was planned.

Well, obviously, pee retention training needs to be added to commercial a pilot's required reading.

Or they should just have to drive a taxi for a couple of years. (I learned to hold it for a full 12 hour shift).

So there's now a report that one of the passengers shot video as the plane was going down, with the chip recovered and readable.

I'm curious to see who's going to air it first. In a nauseated sort of way.