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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 04:26 PM Original message |
9 patients made nearly 2,700 ER visits in Texas |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. Best Healthcare System on the Planet! |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. There is a puzzle here though.... |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 05:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. There would be primary docs available for these people |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. How many primary docs would be needed for |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 05:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I think you fail to see the causal relationship of these visits |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I agree... |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 05:32 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I think given the opportunity |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 05:37 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I don't have your confidence... |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 05:42 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Most people--in my experience as a healthcare provider |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 05:49 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Not sure about that... |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 06:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. "...require 2 visits..."? Can one "require" visits to dr.? nt |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 08:19 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Sure. |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 05:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. so a sane society would have outpatient treatment |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. And if they're a school bus driver.... |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
30. I think that is basically what I am saying. |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
33. A school bus driver would be drug-tested as a matter of course. |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. 60 - read the fine print - 5/years not one. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 05:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Even that is a ton. |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 05:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. homeless, addicts, derilicts - of course |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 05:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Precisely why we need a single-payer option. |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. That many visits could only mean someone was paying for patients |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. The headline is hugely misleading |
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progdonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 05:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. 6 years, FYI... n/t |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
3. So if these 2,678 visits by nine people is typical, perhaps the actual |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
5. I can only speak of the significant problem we have in our area |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
25. Well, it could also be 9 patients ER hopping |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 06:09 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Those stories are nuts... |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. we see the same things in Ellis County-we've created a nation of junkies. |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
11. Were they really the same nine people or was it John Smith and Mary White? |
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progdonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 05:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. that seems much more likely... |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 05:52 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Sloppy, shoddy, corporate-agenda-driven journalism. |
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Bugenhagen (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 06:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. I believe |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
32. shrug -- the poor have a whole HOST of problems that manifest themselves like this. |
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