[dillywho]

For all those so eager to trash TVRH, there might be a couple of things to keep in mind:

1) If everyone here starts going to Munroe, etc., for emergency care, then soon their ER will be just as flooded as this one. All ER's triage their patients.

2) Why would anyone think that perhaps other hospitals are not being forced to cut back on staff?

3) Many doctors and nurses are leaving the profession and fewer and fewer are making them career choices. Can't say as I blame them, either, with some of the abuse they are forced to endure from patients. I believe someone in an earlier post addressed that abuse from experience working in a much larger, well-known hospital.

4) ER's in close proximity to TV are not waiting breathlessly for Villagers to give them their business. These hospitals, too, treat people from their communities and surrounding communities. Not everyone needing medical services is old, either.

5) With more and more people unable to afford their insurance any longer, the hospital, doctor, and ER problems will just continue to grow.

6) As for Mayo in Jacksonville, I have been there for some specialized surgery. I can tell you: They do not accept Medicare, but will file it for you. Then you get reimbursed by Medicare and your supplemental insurance. Mayo bills you directly for their services and whatever Medicare and supplement monies you get, you pay them directly plus any additional these do not pay. Been there, done that.