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"you shouldn't be in an ER unless it's life-threatening anyway"

I find this reasonable...

Change the law to make it so also seems reasonable.

Paladin,

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Paladin,

I missed your point?

Please elaborate.

Are you suggesting that going to a hospital ER is better for the hospital's finances and it's continued existence, but to go to a stand alone ER or Urgent Care facilities isn't in the public's best interests or ...?

Thanks!

P.S. No hostility here, but I'd rather pay say $300.00 (as happened to a friend bitten by another friend's dog on his hand requiring stitches) than pay waaaaaaaaaaay more as an act of altruism at a hospital ER...if I'm being short sighted, please, clue me in and thanks again.

howdy,

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Good info!!

flechero,

I appreciate your speculation - makes sense to me.

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flechero,

Thanks!

Do you have any idea as to why 'urgent care' is less costly than ER care costs?

Thanks again!

Thanks all for your helpful input.

I very much appreciate the education...now to do some research.

Thanks again.

Would I be accurate in speculating the proliferation of stand alone ER's is due 'primarily' to ever increasing foreign nationals seeking medical care at ER's all over the land thus pushing wait times for treatment of citizens thus being subjected to absurdly long waits...?

Or is it that obama-care has decreased the number of those with health care coverage severely as obama-care is (paradoxically) making medical coverage 'un-affordable' so even citizens are seeking medical care at ER's?

A few years ago, my wife needed immediate ER medical treatment. I rushed her to the ER (at that time St. John's hospital ER) and it was filled with non-English speakers and what looked like either scraggy druggies or drunks. Yuck!

So at a glance, I'm guessing we who pay our bills, obey the law, and in general lead relatively blameless lives are being shoved into paying higher costs at stand alone ER's?

Am I way off the mark or not?

What say you?

Thanks!

Thanks all for your very valuable input.

Any more from other's stand alone ER experience?

Thanks again.

In the mail, I recently received an advertisement from Memorial Hermann Convenient Care Center that offers many services, but as far as I can tell it's not a hospital or attached to one. I think it's close to the Cabelas off 45 across kinda/sorta across from Victory Lakes.

It appears to be a stand alone facility.

I've been warned that stand alone ER's have a reputation for gouging costs comparative to what you'd be charged for the same service at a hospital.

Any here know what to avoid or not in the way of ER's in the League City area all way to Alvin?

Thanks!