Longmont's Mayor Brian Bagley is challenging Weld County's decision not to enforce the state's COVID restrictions. If one of the two hospitals in Longmont is nearing capacity, he wants the space reserved for patients from counties that are enforcing the restrictions.
Weld County shows 57 ICU beds available, but the county includes 12 hospitals not within county limits. Last week, commissioner Barbara Kirkmeyer told me, "We don’t look at just the 2 hospitals that are located right here in Weld Co. We look at it as the Northern Colo. region." 
Could Longmont really prevent a hospital from caring for a patient that lives in Weld County? What if that patient is following the restrictions? I asked Joshua Ewing, the VP of Legislative Affairs for the Colorado Hospital Association.
There's also EMTALA. The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act. It's a federal law from the 1980s that ensures any patient showing up at a hospital could get screened and treated.
Here's my full story: 9news.com/article/news/l…
Here's my full story: 9news.com/article/news/l…
And yes, Mayor Brian Bagley is the same Mayor who said in March: "I want someone to come over and spit in my mouth, so I can go to the hospital now cause I'm not going to die."
Today: "I said, 'Come on over and spit in my mouth,' what I meant was, I wanted to get COVID early."
Today: "I said, 'Come on over and spit in my mouth,' what I meant was, I wanted to get COVID early."
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