Quote Originally Posted by thcbongman
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.
Many of the things people go to ER are not true emergencies. Sorry it's just FACT. And yes I do know people who work in the ER; paramedics who bring people into the ER. I have a multitude of people in the health care industry and have been confused by people, on THIS site who are in the med industry themselves, as being a doctor because my insight is overwhelming.

I cannot prove it so you'll have to take me at my word, but the system is abused and highly abused at that.

Tell me, what is a legitimate concern that justifies abusing the ER?