Luiz,
So they are looked At ( triage ) that is not what
you said the first time. You said they were more or less dismissed
outright and denied. Triage sounds like the correct thing to do so
they don,t abuse the system.
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On Aug 20, 5:15 pm, CaliforniaLuis <[email protected]> wrote:
> Wrong. I worked in an ER/Trauma Center that was in one of the most
> Hispanic areas of Southern California. EVERYONE that presents
> themselves to an ER gets "triaged" by a nurse and a doctor. That
> means vital signs and a quick exam. If you are
> deemed to have a non life threatening emergency (which constitute
> around 94% of all ER cases) you can be sent away LEGALLY to a free
> clinic or to a private doctor if you have no form of payment. Being
> "seen" is not the same as being "seen and treated".
>
> On Aug 20, 12:29 pm, Sage2 <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Your list is an obvious lie. YOU are obviously a
> > liar because today's laws do not allow for denial of health care
> > especially if you are an " illegal alien immigrant " in an emergency
> > room situation though you may be denied payment for abusing the system
> > the hospitals have to treat you and fight for payment later. The
> > government today covers "emergency room " costs for { illegal alien
> > immigrants } but not for U.S. citizens . Obama the biggest of all
> > liars said today in his interview with a radio host that the bill does
> > not cover " illegal alien immigrants " but it will cover emergency
> > visits. So nothing has changed they will simply deluge our E-rooms and
> > the bill will not allow hospitals to verify eligibility. So who are
> > the liar's ? You and B.O. -------- LUIZ ! ! !
>
> > *************************************************************************************************************************
>
> > On Aug 20, 2:37 pm, CaliforniaLuis <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > From working in the ER for 20 years, I have seen just how restrictive
> > > and penny-pinching corporate healthcare is...
>
> > > Your child has a horrible earache at 2 AM? The child is screaming in
> > > agony so you drive to the local ER. The ER staff calls your insurance
> > > company/HMO for authorization only to be denied because it is not a
> > > "life-threatening emergency". What do they instruct the ER to tell
> > > the parents? Give the child some Tylenol and go to the walk-in clinic
> > > at 8:00 AM.
>
> > > Vomiting your brains out in the middle of the night because of food
> > > poisoning? Go to the ER because you can't stop vomiting...DENIED! Go
> > > to your primary physician when his office opens.
>
> > > Your child has a high fever. You can't seem to bring it down. Unless
> > > the fever is over 101 when you arrive at the ER, you will be DENIED!
> > > Go to your pediatrician's office when it opens in the morning.
>
> > > Get into a car accident and you need to be admitted to the hospital?
> > > You are 100 miles from your insurance/HMO's contracted
> > > hospital...DENIED. Unless you are critical and unstable, you are put
> > > into an ambulance and transferred to your contracted hospital. Most
> > > of the time, your contracted hospital is not a Trauma Center so you
> > > will get inexperienced and substandard care.
>
> > > Gee, in any of these scenarios, if the patient would of had government
> > > insurance (Medi-Care or Medicaid), they would have been APPROVED. In
> > > fact, the ER would not even be required to call first for
> > > authorization.
>
> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> > > Don't listen to people like Kama, OhioMark, Lew, LadyBug, and Ms.
> > > Con...they couldn't be more WRONG. They have no real world
> > > experience. They are only sounding boards of the pundits. Nearly
> > > all nurses and doctors support the "public option" (as does the
> > > American Medical Association). We have a perfect opportunity to
> > > reform healthcare and I have a feeling we are going to give in to the
> > > Republicans and BLOW IT!- Hide quoted text -
>
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