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re: I might need an ambulance chaser
Posted on 1/8/24 at 12:44 pm to schatman
Posted on 1/8/24 at 12:44 pm to schatman
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Urgent care is when you need to be seen sooner than a doctor's office appointment, but it's not life-threatening.
Wife’s cousin works in urgent care and I hear some wild stories. The general population just ain’t smart.
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Posted on 1/8/24 at 12:44 pm to dukeg7213
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dukeg7213
u don't know anything. I know everything
Posted on 1/8/24 at 12:51 pm to chinhoyang
Ok he went to a doc in a box? I see most of their names attached to hospitals so figured part of. Agree re private doc. ER would probably not turn away. A friend went once to a clinic bc of severe chest pains. They found clots and immediately called ambulance to transfer her. That was in another state. Here in Nola, no doc cared enough to examine. Was full of clots, likely due to Covid or being vacc. Thankfully they had moved so when it got worse, competent medical care acted (insured).
Posted on 1/8/24 at 12:52 pm to MoLiberty
Are you looking for a loan from an ambulance chaser that you can’t repay? Good luck.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 12:54 pm to MoLiberty
A legit doc office or ER cannot refuse to see you and treat you.
I didn’t think a doc in the box could do that as well but I dunno.
I didn’t think a doc in the box could do that as well but I dunno.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 1:24 pm to Yewkindewit
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A legit doc office or ER cannot refuse to see you and treat you.
This is patently false. You have no idea what you're talking about.
An ER has to stabilize you before sending you elsewhere- this is true. A doctor's office can send you away and are not obligated to treat you on any level.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 1:24 pm to notiger1997
"Lawyer will ask clinic for $10k due to mental anguish. Settlement will be for about 7K and lawyer a-hole will get 35% for doing almost nothing"
That used to be the case but not any more. The new era has seen more and more of these cases being held up and refusing to settle. If the OP had been taken to the back of the clinic, treated, and then had a more serious reaction, requiring further intervention, you can bet the clinic would have been on the hook. The provider was likely a hired doctor or nurse practioner who is not trained to handle emergent types of cases, which is why the clinic turned him away. These "doc in a boxes" are set up to take some relief off of the ER from those who are not truly emergent cases and refuse to wait till regular hours. EMTALA will not bat an eye at this because these types of care centers are not true ERs, nor are they equipped to handle such cases. Asking to see the doctor to negotiate would be like going to BestBuy and asking to speak to the TV specialist to negotiate a new deal on a high def plasma.
That used to be the case but not any more. The new era has seen more and more of these cases being held up and refusing to settle. If the OP had been taken to the back of the clinic, treated, and then had a more serious reaction, requiring further intervention, you can bet the clinic would have been on the hook. The provider was likely a hired doctor or nurse practioner who is not trained to handle emergent types of cases, which is why the clinic turned him away. These "doc in a boxes" are set up to take some relief off of the ER from those who are not truly emergent cases and refuse to wait till regular hours. EMTALA will not bat an eye at this because these types of care centers are not true ERs, nor are they equipped to handle such cases. Asking to see the doctor to negotiate would be like going to BestBuy and asking to speak to the TV specialist to negotiate a new deal on a high def plasma.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 1:28 pm to MoLiberty
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like y’all choad suckers.
What’s a chode sucker?
Posted on 1/8/24 at 1:30 pm to MoLiberty
That’s what insurance is for. Get you some so taxpayers don’t have to support you
Posted on 1/8/24 at 1:34 pm to MoLiberty
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but I’m not a bum and never took anything that wasn’t earned through hard work.
You have no insurance and want to sue a walk in clinic because how dare they ask you to pay for their services.
You are a bum
Posted on 1/8/24 at 1:35 pm to LigerFan
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You're upset that someone refused giving you services you couldn't pay for
As much as it sucks the place he visited was legally required to assess, stabilize if necessary, before sending him to another facility be it an ER or whatever…. And you aren’t allowed to “assess ability to pay” before assessing the patient.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 2:08 pm to armsdealer
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the place he visited was legally required to assess, stabilize if necessary, before sending him to another facility be it an ER
Prove where you found this, please.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 2:12 pm to MoLiberty
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This post was edited on 1/23/24 at 10:56 am
Posted on 1/8/24 at 2:18 pm to MoLiberty
quote:I don’t believe this
$220 cash wasn’t enough for them to help me out, they wanted more.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 2:46 pm to MoLiberty
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I was not thinking clearly, but frick me for having an asthma attack.
Definitely a fatty.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 2:53 pm to schatman
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A walk-in clinic is NO place for SOB. They aren't equipped for that type of emergency 9 times out of 10.
If you can pay they will be equipped 10 out of 10 times. If you can't they will not be equipped 10 out of 10 times.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 2:57 pm to MoLiberty
quote:Shoulda just walked in a collapsed on the floor.
Absolutely not, I had several hundred dollars at that time but no credit card to cover the remaining balance.
I was upset because there was absolutely no compassion shown.
How can you turn away someone struggling to breathe??
Posted on 1/8/24 at 3:08 pm to armsdealer
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the place he visited was legally required to assess, stabilize if necessary, before sending him to another facility be it an ER or whatever…. And you aren’t allowed to “assess ability to pay” before assessing the patient
another ignorant poster. you have no idea what you're talking about. educate yourself so you can stop looking dumb and IGNORANT
Posted on 1/8/24 at 3:10 pm to MoLiberty
I believe EMTALA only applies to Emergency Rooms. It may even go as far as saying ERs connected to a hospital but it may apply to freestanding as well.
Posted on 1/8/24 at 3:12 pm to Yewkindewit
quote:Can refuse to treat you.
legit doc office
quote:Cannot refuse to treat you.
ER
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