http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/21/AR2008082103646_pf.html They don't all agree with you.
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 3:10 PM, Judah McAuley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Sends them away"? No, the program in question tries to get patients to > other medical care that is better suited to their needs. Emergency rooms are > expensive to both the hospital and the patient and they are geared toward > treating..wait for it...emergencies. With declining numbers of people having > decent health insurance, more and more people have turned to emergency rooms > as primary health care avenues, which is not what they are set up to be. The > program she helped but together established a system of referrals to get > people into community health clinics so they could get actual primary care. > In no way did the emergency room shove off people experiencing emergencies. > To suggest otherwise is disingenuous and crass, not to mention just plain > wrong. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:268874 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
