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JFizzleRaider said:
A problem I have experienced are parents thinking everything with their kid is an emergency. I appreciate parents that care about their kids and are concerned, but there are many kids that have health issues those parents will never understand that need help sooner than later.

Receptionists/schedulers treat you like shit at first until you explain to them the importance because of all the parents thinking their kids common cold is going to kill them.
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Only brought my son twice and it was for reasons he needed to go.
 
Everything Beagle said:
A big factor you might want to consider before telling people they’re weak for going to the emergency room: the emergency room has to see you, even if you don’t have insurance (or have shitty insurance). I’m not going to judge people who don’t have the money or insurance to book an appointment with urgent care or zoom care or whatever. A philosophy of sucking it up and just dealing with it helped kill my dad at 64 so I do have a different angle on things.
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I recently had a relatively simple out patient surgery but ended up having complications. I waited two full days before going to the ER because I didn't want to have to spend what would have likely been most of a day waiting (and puking) because of one of the very reasons cited; people using it as a walk in clinic. By the time I finally had no choice but to go, I was so bad they had no choice but to admit me almost immediately. I was stupid for waiting, but when people are using the ER when they don't really need it, it gums up the works in multiple ways for the people who are actually having an emergency.
 
UncleCliffy'sDaddy said:
I recently had a relatively simple out patient surgery but ended up having complications. I waited two full days before going to the ER because I didn't want to have to spend what would have likely been most of a day waiting (and puking) because of one of the very reasons cited; people using it as a walk in clinic. By the time I finally had no choice but to go, I was so bad they had no choice but to admit me almost immediately. I was stupid for waiting, but when people are using the ER when they don't really need it, it gums up the works in multiple ways for the people who are actually having an emergency.
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That’s exactly what my neighbor nurse was sharing with me.
 
JFizzleRaider said:
A problem I have experienced are parents thinking everything with their kid is an emergency. I appreciate parents that care about their kids and are concerned, but there are many kids that have health issues those parents will never understand that need help sooner than later.

Receptionists/schedulers treat you like shit at first until you explain to them the importance because of all the parents thinking their kids common cold is going to kill them.
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This is what advice nurses are for.

Especially nowadays with video conferencing, etc.

This should be a service that every hospital and medical center provides and is reimbursed (at average nurses pay rate for the area) by the government.
 
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I went to ER after I entered BART station face first. It was rainy, steps were slippery, I had picked a bunch of lemons from my tree to give away and was off balance. My foot slipped and I went flying. So focused on trying to get to work I picked myself up and sprinted up the stairs just as train shut the doors. Then realized I hurt a lot, went to restroom and saw I had two broken teeth and blood running down my face. Also broken wrist, fortunately left hand. Station agent asked if I wanted cab but I had no cash. Walked two miles to Eden hospital still toting bag of lemons. Then called work.
Returned to work next day with face looking like I had done ten rounds with a Mixmaster and a kind coworker, hearing I was hurt, gave me a box of chocolate covered caramels. I couldn't chew.
Meeting friend for lunch that weekend. We went to Cajun restaurant so I could have gumbo.
 
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Phatguysrule said:
This is what advice nurses are for.

Especially nowadays with video conferencing, etc.

This should be a service that every hospital and medical center provides and is reimbursed (at average nurses pay rate for the area) by the government.
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Advice nurses are a great resource and should be in use far more than they are. I agree every medical clinic/hospital should have one free of charge. It would curb ERs getting maxed out and help educate those who don't need to come in on how to treat themselves at home.
 
crandc said:
I went to ER after I entered BART station face first. It was rainy, steps were slippery, I had picked a bunch of lemons from my tree to give away and was off balance. My foot slipped and I went flying. So focused on trying to get to work I picked myself up and sprinted up the stairs just as train shut the doors. Then realized I hurt a lot, went to restroom and saw I had two broken teeth and blood running down my face. Also broken wrist, fortunately left hand. Station agent asked if I wanted cab but I had no cash. Walked two miles to Eden hospital still toting bag of lemons. Then called work.
Returned to work next day with face looking like I had done ten rounds with a Mixmaster and a kind coworker, hearing I was hurt, have me a box of chocolate covered caramels. I couldn't chew.
Meeting friend for lunch that weekend. We went to Cajun restaurant so I could have gumbo.
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There's a reason they call it gum-bo. :drumroll:
 
And they get tax cuts.

All the unqualified cabinet picks, all the furor over one trans congresswoman, all shiny objects. The real aim of Trump administration is grift, to transfer even more national wealth to the very richest.
 
big problem with the healthcare industry is that those who dont have insurance, or homeless, etc., have no choice but to go to ER and that bill gets paid. But not by them. By the rest of us. 1 day in the ER is roughly 15k for a health insurance company. If you have insurance, they pay whatever you dont after they negotiate. But if you are homeless and have chest pain, you get an ambulance (+/-$500), the ER, and go home hopefully. That money doesnt just get written off.
 
GoZers said:
big problem with the healthcare industry is that those who dont have insurance, or homeless, etc., have no choice but to go to ER and that bill gets paid. But not by them. By the rest of us. 1 day in the ER is roughly 15k for a health insurance company. If you have insurance, they pay whatever you dont after they negotiate. But if you are homeless and have chest pain, you get an ambulance (+/-$500), the ER, and go home hopefully. That money doesnt just get written off.
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No, this is not how it works. The “rest of us” don’t pay for people’s unpaid medical bills, they are subject to various collection attempts and if those attempts fail, yes they are written off as a loss.
 
JFizzleRaider said:
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Democrats deflecting the negative aspects of their Ukraine money laundering scheme onto another political party under the guise of healthcare, knowing full well they will never provide healthcare either and actively lobby against it, just like Republicans.
Funny how the answer to this then just becomes “send more money to Ukraine”. Sort of cyclical logic.
 
jonnyboy said:
No, this is not how it works. The “rest of us” don’t pay for people’s unpaid medical bills, they are subject to various collection attempts and if those attempts fail, yes they are written off as a loss.
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Actually, "we" do pay for people who can't or don't through higher insurance premiums. There is no getting around that.
 
jonnyboy said:
No, this is not how it works. The “rest of us” don’t pay for people’s unpaid medical bills, they are subject to various collection attempts and if those attempts fail, yes they are written off as a loss.
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We obviously don’t pay directly. But if you don’t think health insurance companies recoup that money somewhere you’d be wrong. Lemme guess you also think the tariff idea is genius.
 
He is also unqualified with no experience beyond county sheriff. Too bad he is out because of one or two good things.
 
This Hegseth guy sounds like quite the guy to have nuclear codes.

Wow

10 former colleagues at Fox News say he was a lush who would commonly come to work smelling of alcohol.
 
MickZagger said:
This Hegseth guy sounds like quite the guy to have nuclear codes.

Wow

10 former colleagues at Fox News say he was a lush who would commonly come to work smelling of alcohol.
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Well that's not good.
 
Could anyone here have come to work drunk and not been fired on the spot?
 
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