Many continue to rely on ERs - I read this article on Boston.com and wanted to scream. Has anyone been sick lately...ear ache, sinus infection, etc? Call your primary care physician on a Thursday and they MAY be able to see you next Tuesday or Wednesday. I learned early on when my children were small not to bother to call. Just show up in the doctor's office and at some point they have to deal with you, adults are different. You're told if the symptoms persist, go to the ER. Most insurance plans charge you over 3 times the amount of a regular doctor's visit...so why on earth would anyone think that sitting in an ER for 6 to 7 hours versus a doctor's office for 1 hour is the choice of the patient?
Instead of watching where patients go when they're sick, insurance companies should start watching what doctor's office advise patients when they are sick and they'd get a clearer picture of what's going on. Doctor's aren't allowing time for sick patients. Isn't that an irony.
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