Quote Originally Posted by daihashi
I know about people who have diseases.. As I said I assist many people in my life with MS, Crohns, Gastroparesis and POTS. These are not the people who abuse the system.

I take it you've never gone to an ER on a weekly basis for 2-3 months straight and seen what type of issues people go in there for?

Abuse of the ER directly attributes to the cost of health in hospitals.



This is absolutely false. It happens WAY more often than you'd like to believe. I practically lived in the ER for 3 months, and I still usually go at least once a month or once every other month for my friends that I care for/assist. In addition to this you get people that go to the doctor specifically to try to get a pill fix. Yes it happens often and the doctors cannot refuse them. So they keep them there for a little bit; where they occupy floor space or if they're so lucky.. a room that could be used for someone who genuinely has an emergency.
I been in the ER far more times than I like too and the most I seen go for some very serious ailments. But to say you know what they're in for just by looking at them, or overhearing a few people talk, it's quite a judgement considering you didn't look at their medical history. Something as simple like a "headache" can be a symptom of something far more depending on a person's medical history. Okay there are a few junkies who goes in for pill fixes but think about it this way. Does anyone really want to go to the ER if they didn't feel like they had to? That most cases are considered abuse are for very legitimate concerns. They felt like they had to go there. It could've been nothing. It could've been something. That's why you go to the ER.