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Docreed2003

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25. Shes a sick person...

Wed Oct 18, 2017, 04:51 PM

Oct 2017

Black loves to play the “I’m a nurse” and “I’m just like you” angle and it’s paid dividends for her career, I suppose. It’s ironic to hear her sound so folksy, considering she lives in a mansion on the lake behind her own private gate in a neighborhood not far from me.

As to her point, no ER’s shouldn’t be able to turn people away. While her suggestion may sound reasonable, and yes people overuse ER’s, what she is really suggesting is that ER’s should be able to have the ability to turn people away who have no insurance. If you want people to stop abusing the ER, provide better healthcare coverage for them, it’s really that simple.

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GOP Lawmaker Says Emergency Rooms Should Be Able To Turn People Away [View all] SummerSnow Oct 2017 OP

I cant say what I want to say. Eliot Rosewater Oct 2017 #1

She is LYING about who she wants to say NO to. Eliot Rosewater Oct 2017 #2

Know what keeps people out of the ER? Takket Oct 2017 #3

And, that resulted in turning away "unesirables/uninsured"--not merely the non-emergent. hlthe2b Oct 2017 #4

Until it is your loved one Marthe48 Oct 2017 #5

Exactly! The ONLY ones I WANT to see turned away from ER's are people InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2017 #24

Hell yeah, you don't have a bone sticking out of your broken leg sweetie, put some ice on it Thomas Hurt Oct 2017 #6

Actually they tried to do that to my mother in a ER... CatMor Oct 2017 #16

That's one screwed up 'nurse'. GoneOffShore Oct 2017 #7

What if you're shot by a gunmen in Vegas and had no health insurance? Yavin4 Oct 2017 #8

Only if you are a woman, person of color, or not a bible thumping Christian. Doreen Oct 2017 #36

What she doesn't understand is justgamma Oct 2017 #9

Hmmm, I'm pretty sure she understands that Cal Carpenter Oct 2017 #31

A crystal clear example of "exclusion" ck4829 Oct 2017 #10

So, did this socalled er nurse take the hypocratic oath - well, I looked it up.. asiliveandbreathe Oct 2017 #11

ER's should be used for true emergencies. Currently they are not. beaglelover Oct 2017 #12

Which I think is what that nurse was trying to say. WillowTree Oct 2017 #17

Exactly! beaglelover Oct 2017 #19

But if citizens are unable to afford health insurance to be able Aristus Oct 2017 #23

"true emergencies"? procon Oct 2017 #26

Having expericened this with a Neighbor who was having a heart attack. Wellstone ruled Oct 2017 #33

You clearly didn't get the sarcasm in my vomiting comment. LOL. beaglelover Oct 2017 #34

If you give ERs the ability to turn people away, where do you draw the line? Bleacher Creature Oct 2017 #28

What they should do is build urgent care facilities right next to ERs. If someone comes in with a beaglelover Oct 2017 #35

People have used ERs for care for years Marthe48 Oct 2017 #38

"Let them die!" fleur-de-lisa Oct 2017 #13

If everyone had health insurance, ER visits would drop drastically. nt Irish_Dem Oct 2017 #14

Isn't that where the repukes told us uninsured to go for our healthcare ? kacekwl Oct 2017 #20

Yep. Told us that we have healthcare because we can go to ER. Now they want to take that away. Irish_Dem Oct 2017 #22

It's amazing how many Urgent centers opened after Obamacare Johonny Oct 2017 #27

That is wonderful. Better care and savings for everyone. Irish_Dem Oct 2017 #29

Sounds like a particular "health care professional" right here. ret5hd Oct 2017 #15

There's no bottom to their stupidity. Aristus Oct 2017 #18

wait til these ppl lose ALL healthcare..see how many use ER then!! samnsara Oct 2017 #21

Shes a sick person... Docreed2003 Oct 2017 #25

She's in the wrong profession -- should be chasing dead-beat dads and moms. nt NCjack Oct 2017 #30

Before I had health insurance I went to Kaiser Permanente Hospital and they treated me like a king. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2017 #32

I remember years ago I kept going to the ER because I kept getting sick and Doreen Oct 2017 #37