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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 10:08 PM Original message |
As numbers of the uninsured go up, so do ER visits |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. My long time family doctor told my wife and I two years ago he couldnt treat us |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. OMG, it's not only immigrants 'ruining' Emergency Rooms? |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. Now that is some breaking news! |
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countmyvote4real (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
4. I can't get an appointment with a doctor unless I'm referred by the ER. |
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elias7 (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-07-08 06:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. how many ER visits does it take to get a primary care referral: 1 |
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Mira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
5. Kick and hoping for more recommendations Quote Bush July o7: |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-07-08 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
6. And that's one of their biggest arguments against universal health care |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-07-08 01:37 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Shit I waited ALL NIGHT to see a doctor for 15 minutes in the morning in ER... |
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elias7 (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-07-08 06:24 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. carnival of errors? |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-07-08 08:24 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I said they were understaffed, and THAT was what in my book is "nonservice" |
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Seldona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-07-08 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
7. While it isn't perfect, the Wisconsin model should be looked at closer. |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-07-08 07:01 AM Response to Original message |
11. this brings up a second and, IMO, more serious issue: |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-07-08 08:28 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Well many of those that we spend our 30% overhead will go work in other insurance industries... |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-07-08 09:50 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I am not sure that will solve the problem. |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-07-08 10:55 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I'm sure that it will be like other "universal care" systems in other countries.. |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-07-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. What I'd be interested in seeing |
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