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beaglelover

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35. What they should do is build urgent care facilities right next to ERs. If someone comes in with a
Wed Oct 18, 2017, 06:28 PM
Oct 2017

rash, for example, they'd be directed to the urgent care facility. If someone comes in with a heart attack, the ER will take care of them.

And if someone came in because there little sweetums had thrown up her Starbacks, they'd tell them to GTFO!

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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
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