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Posted by i8thecat4
5th Oct
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Edited by Arctic Char
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Horrible idea...
The purpose of an emergency room is an actual emergency... Immediate pain or immediate threat to life/health. If a non critical person can wait at home, then the wait will get worse for those who need it for an actual emergency. The non critical person should NOT be trying to enter an emergency room, they should be trying to get an urgent appointment with a doctor or they should go to an urgent care clinic. This is one of the many reasons Obamacare is a very good thing. If everyone is covered, people will no longer need to clog up the efficiency of an emergency room if all they need are antibiotics or something simple and non emergency. This is a very bad idea, Obamacare is a very good idea.
Posted by i8thecat4
5th Oct
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Wait! What!?
If you can afford the time to make an appointment to be seen then the ER is not the proper place for you to be seen. Urgent care or your doctors office is where you should be going. If you truly have an emergency situation then get yourself to the ER and let their triage protocols determine how critical your situation is but don't clog up the ER with non-emergency visits.
Posted by riverat1
5th Oct
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Very Bad Idea
The purpose of an Emergency Room is supposedly Emergency Medical care. Anything that can be arranged by reservation already has coverage, it is called the Family Physician's appointment schedule. Emergency Physicians' roles are to treat life and limb threatening emergencies, not things such as a cold. The reason for a backlog seeing people with minor ailments is because they are placed at the lowest point of triage. Legally an ER cannot send anyone away without evaluation. Please ditch this idea and promote appropriate utilization of the Family Physician.
Posted by Arctic Char
Updated - 5th Oct