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ER waiting rooms
Posted on 12/7/18 at 1:54 pm
Posted on 12/7/18 at 1:54 pm
I’m sitting in the ER waiting room as my dad is in a holding area with a brain bleed (ct done at local hospital and send to a bigger hospital). .
Lady on the side of me says she’s been here four hours —- no one here “looks emergent”. Why wouldn’t you go to a walk in clinic? I know you can’t judge a book by the cover but still wondering.
ER never crosses my mind except for bones sticking out, difficulty breathing or those type things.
Lady on the side of me says she’s been here four hours —- no one here “looks emergent”. Why wouldn’t you go to a walk in clinic? I know you can’t judge a book by the cover but still wondering.
ER never crosses my mind except for bones sticking out, difficulty breathing or those type things.
Posted on 12/7/18 at 1:56 pm to tiger91
Last time I was in the ER my hand was cut to ribbons and squirting blood a few feet if I made a fist, they told me to wrap it in the beach towl I was holding and sit down. I waited for over an hour to get stiches and told I needed surgery to reattach the tendons
Posted on 12/7/18 at 1:56 pm to tiger91
Cause they don’t have to pay. And it’s Facebook/pity material.
Posted on 12/7/18 at 1:56 pm to tiger91
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Why wouldn’t you go to a walk in clinic?
Because they’d have to pay.
Posted on 12/7/18 at 1:57 pm to tiger91
Welcome to the access of care discussion, and doubt it gets better. Government should have never got involved in Healthcare, they screw everything up, and will inadvertently kill millions...
Posted on 12/7/18 at 1:57 pm to tiger91
A lot of people don’t know any better. Others prob don’t have insurance.
Posted on 12/7/18 at 1:58 pm to tiger91
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ER never crosses my mind except for bones sticking out, difficulty breathing or those type things.
you clearly underestimate the amount of people trying to extort narcotics from the health care system in this country
Posted on 12/7/18 at 1:58 pm to tiger91
They go to the ER instead of walk in clinics so they don't have to pay
They will "charge" them but never pay it back
They will "charge" them but never pay it back
Posted on 12/7/18 at 2:01 pm to tiger91
Emergency rooms suck. I'm not sure when they became after hours clinics for people with a sinus infection, but this is a large part of why insurance premiums are so high. Er's have to treat these folks and most likely the people using the place in that manner have no insurance and no plans on paying the bill.
The law should allow the hospital to deny treatment if it is not a true emergency IMO. But, I know that will never happen because some nurse doesn't want to treat some dude not feeling well and he dies driving home from a heart attack.
The law should allow the hospital to deny treatment if it is not a true emergency IMO. But, I know that will never happen because some nurse doesn't want to treat some dude not feeling well and he dies driving home from a heart attack.
This post was edited on 12/7/18 at 2:03 pm
Posted on 12/7/18 at 2:04 pm to tiger91
Sunday evenings and night are the worst, people want that work excuse.
Posted on 12/7/18 at 2:06 pm to tiger91
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Why wouldn’t you go to a walk in clinic? I know you can’t judge a book by the cover but still wondering.
To people that know they won't have a bill, to them the ER seems like a logical solution to most problems because they have no financial obligation to the cost.
Posted on 12/7/18 at 2:06 pm to tiger91
That's why Medicaid costs are so inflated. WIth no out of pocket expenses for the insured, they have a sore throat, well better go to the ER.
Posted on 12/7/18 at 2:19 pm to Ed Osteen
It's amazing that something as simple as a few stitches can take four hours with an empty ER
Posted on 12/7/18 at 2:21 pm to Ed Osteen
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Last time I was in the ER my hand was cut to ribbons and squirting blood a few feet if I made a fist, they told me to wrap it in the beach towl I was holding and sit down. I waited for over an hour to get stiches and told I needed surgery to reattach the tendons
Posted on 12/7/18 at 2:27 pm to tiger91
Id go to say that 80% of the people that go to the ER are bullshite. The other 20% are either admitted or discharged w actual injuries that need follow up care, ortho injuries and such.
Posted on 12/7/18 at 2:29 pm to tiger91
People also go to emergency rooms because they are plain fricking stupid. Stupid. They can’t comprehend the difference between an after hours care and an emergency room. Both are open,both give medical care what’s the difference. I am pissed off at stupid people today.
Posted on 12/7/18 at 2:42 pm to Areddishfish
SOOOO many kids end up coming from the ER for Motrin/ Tylenol for a fever and that's it... something they could've easily bought over the counter, yet the moms will wait for hours in the ER for an Rx for it so it can be billed on Medicaid... fo' free
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