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Originally Posted by swnoel
I just heard a report that 55% of the patients at the ER, didn't need to be there.
This only creates a dangerous situation where those , really in need of treatment, will have to wait because mommy has Johnny seeing the ER Doctor for a runny nose.
Worried that June is not soon enough ... wait till 30 million more show up at the Doctors with runny noses, cause it's free and suddenly inundates heathcare with millions that don't need to be there.
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Uh, generally the people who are at the ER who don't really need to be there are the ones who don't have a primary care physician. It's not over-anxious mothers as much as it's people who use the ER more like a clinic. The real need is a "doc in the box", as we called them in the South - a bandaid and aspirin type place. Somewhere that people can go when they stepped on a rusty nail and need a tetanus shot or got a killer splinter from the docks when they were swimming.