ER waiting rooms

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

My elbow hurt

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...

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ER never crosses my mind except for bones sticking out, difficulty breathing or those type things.

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you clearly underestimate the amount of people trying to extort narcotics from the health care system in this country

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.

Sunday evenings and night are the worst, people want that work excuse.

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.

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.

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Cause they don’t have to pay.

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Its a trash and cultha thang

It will get you ready for socialized medicine.