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May 14 @ 3:27 PM ET
I've been a proponent of a user fee for ER services for some time now, possibly for walk in clinics to an extent. Obviously there could be situations where it is waived.
This pandemic has reinforced that belief in my neck of the woods. The ER at the hospitals have been quiet for two months, even when we had zero active covid cases. All of these people going in for the common cold, back pain, conjuctivitis, you name it.
It's a (frank)ing emergency room. There's nothing worse than seeing a child passing out in the waiting room after suffering a head injury while someone with an ailment gets seen.
I love universal health care, but I find it annoying that so many abuse it.
I've been a proponent of a user fee for ER services for some time now, possibly for walk in clinics to an extent. Obviously there could be situations where it is waived.
This pandemic has reinforced that belief in my neck of the woods. The ER at the hospitals have been quiet for two months, even when we had zero active covid cases. All of these people going in for the common cold, back pain, conjuctivitis, you name it.
It's a (frank)ing emergency room. There's nothing worse than seeing a child passing out in the waiting room after suffering a head injury while someone with an ailment gets seen.
I love universal health care, but I find it annoying that so many abuse it. - golfingsince
I've been a proponent of a user fee for ER services for some time now, possibly for walk in clinics to an extent. Obviously there could be situations where it is waived.
This pandemic has reinforced that belief in my neck of the woods. The ER at the hospitals have been quiet for two months, even when we had zero active covid cases. All of these people going in for the common cold, back pain, conjuctivitis, you name it.
It's a (frank)ing emergency room. There's nothing worse than seeing a child passing out in the waiting room after suffering a head injury while someone with an ailment gets seen.
I love universal health care, but I find it annoying that so many abuse it. - golfingsince
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May 14 @ 7:07 PM ET
I've been a proponent of a user fee for ER services for some time now, possibly for walk in clinics to an extent. Obviously there could be situations where it is waived.
This pandemic has reinforced that belief in my neck of the woods. The ER at the hospitals have been quiet for two months, even when we had zero active covid cases. All of these people going in for the common cold, back pain, conjuctivitis, you name it.
It's a (frank)ing emergency room. There's nothing worse than seeing a child passing out in the waiting room after suffering a head injury while someone with an ailment gets seen.
I love universal health care, but I find it annoying that so many abuse it. - golfingsince
I agree with you but I think there’s a reason for the “abuse”. It revolves around general practitioners. That level of healthcare has dropped the ball. At one time everyone had a family doctor who knew everyone in the household and was intimately aware of their medical history. There are so few GPs now that level of care is now serviced through walk-in clinics. Terrible level of service. Slow and impersonal.
If you are going to have universal healthcare you need to adequately support the first line of diagnosis and care.
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May 14 @ 8:05 PM ET
I agree with you but I think there’s a reason for the “abuse”. It revolves around general practitioners. That level of healthcare has dropped the ball. At one time everyone had a family doctor who knew everyone in the household and was intimately aware of their medical history. There are so few GPs now that level of care is now serviced through walk-in clinics. Terrible level of service. Slow and impersonal.
If you are going to have universal healthcare you need to adequately support the first line of diagnosis and care. - bloatedmosquito
I remember having a family doctor, and know how hard it is to get one now. As i've lived across the country I usually had an "in". Here in NB it's been different since we moved here without knowing anyone........at all.
That explains some of the abuse, but not nearly all of it. I also remember when there was no fee for an ambulance, and the outrage that followed when in was first introduced. I also remember people that called an ambulance about once every second week, then quickly stopped when there was a $75 fee attached to it.
I'm not suggesting anything that exorbitant, just a simple $5-$10 fee or something similar to deter unnecessary ER visits. For example, how many low grade fevers related to teething warrant repeated trips to the ER?
