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re: My experience in an emergency room awhile back
Posted on 12/23/25 at 12:49 pm to weagle1999
Posted on 12/23/25 at 12:49 pm to weagle1999
Everyone visiting an ER should have to pay $75 cash up front, before being seen unless it's a life threating emergency/condition.
That $75 upfront fee will stop a lot of people from using the ER for non-emergency care.
That $75 upfront fee will stop a lot of people from using the ER for non-emergency care.
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Posted on 12/23/25 at 1:51 pm to weagle1999
I paid 3200 for a visit where nothing was done. I was charged $300 for bedsheets- I just sat on them! i disputed the bill and the accounting clerk at least was honest. She said "Honey, 90% of people who come in here pay nothing so you are basically paying for them".
Posted on 12/23/25 at 1:54 pm to Zach
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If you're on welfare the ER is your emergency room
I thought the ER was everyone's emergency room
Posted on 12/23/25 at 1:54 pm to ShoeBang
if you are on welfare the ER is where you go for a hangnail. Fixed it for ya.
Posted on 12/23/25 at 2:33 pm to weagle1999
Lots of BS going on in emergency rooms. You a basically ignored. Waiting for eternity in an empty lobby is ludicrous. If you want to be seen immediately arrive in an ambulance.
Posted on 12/23/25 at 2:36 pm to Crappieman
quote:I think $25 would even do it.
That $75 upfront fee will stop a lot of people from using the ER for non-emergency care
Posted on 12/23/25 at 2:59 pm to weagle1999
Close relative spent 5 hours in a waiting room with a 3 year old with a broken leg screaming in pain. No ER employee cared.
Posted on 12/23/25 at 4:07 pm to weagle1999
Not a lot of difference in ER and Urgent Care anymore. Urgent Care used to be pretty cheap and was 80% to 90% covered by insurance.
Depending on your insurance a ER visit can cost between $100 to $150. Urgent care can cost between $50 to $100.
A lot of people would rather go to the ER and see a Dr than go to Urgent Care and see a Nurse Practitioner.
A Flu, Strep, COVID, and RSV test takes at least 40 minutes at Urgent Care and takes about half that time at the hospital. It took my son to Urgent on Thursday and it took an hour to get the flu test back. We were at Urgent Care for over an hour and a half.
Our local high school has a Dr’s office and it’s cheaper and faster than Urgent Care, so that’s where I usually take my kids.
Depending on your insurance a ER visit can cost between $100 to $150. Urgent care can cost between $50 to $100.
A lot of people would rather go to the ER and see a Dr than go to Urgent Care and see a Nurse Practitioner.
A Flu, Strep, COVID, and RSV test takes at least 40 minutes at Urgent Care and takes about half that time at the hospital. It took my son to Urgent on Thursday and it took an hour to get the flu test back. We were at Urgent Care for over an hour and a half.
Our local high school has a Dr’s office and it’s cheaper and faster than Urgent Care, so that’s where I usually take my kids.
Posted on 12/23/25 at 4:17 pm to Stidham8
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appendicitis rule outs,
Or in my case, it was a ruled in. But i went to a stand alone ER and i was in at 10 am, in surgery at 1pm, home by 4:45. there are options outside of the actual hospital that can reduce costs. Main reason minute clinics were created.
Get rid of all the illegals and this will work itself out. Our entire system is overwhelmed.
Posted on 12/23/25 at 4:29 pm to BamaGradinTn
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Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville.
The best doctors and well oiled machine.
Their parking lot is covered with out of state license plates from people all over coming for care.
Posted on 12/23/25 at 4:31 pm to weagle1999
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Several patients were wheeled in because they appeared to be too obese to walk from the parking lot.
They were just getting their medical visit done before heading to Wal Mart.
Posted on 12/23/25 at 4:38 pm to Crappieman
quote:While that sounds like a great idea, it can't happen. Federal law says an ER cannot turn someone away due to inability to pay. That's exactly why illegals and deadbeats go to the ER. They know they will be treated. They will end up getting a bill and it will go straight to the trash. Hospital just ends up eating because suing an illegal or someone without a pot to piss in, just makes the hospital spend more money they will never get back.
Everyone visiting an ER should have to pay $75 cash up front, before being seen unless it's a life threating emergency/condition.
That $75 upfront fee will stop a lot of people from using the ER for non-emergency care.
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