Republicans loathe "Socialized Medicine" and liken its every advocate to Karl Marx. But we have a law in this country — the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act — which basically says that if people are needy and in need of emergency medical care, they can go to any emergency room in this country. They will be treated and somebody else will pay for it. This fits every definition of Socialized Medicine I have ever heard, yet it was passed by a bipartisan congress and signed proudly into law by a Republican president. That not one prominent Republican is suggesting its repeal makes me wonder if the biggies against "Obamacare" really have anything against it other than the "Obama" part. Noam N. Levey has some facts about the E.M.T.A.L.A.