Went to the The Villages Hospital ER recently in the pre-dawn AM with an infected hand. I was the only person in the waiting room and sat for two hours. The entertainment was watching a gentleman sneak in when the security was not present, to use the men's room. He stared at me cautiously
for about five minutes before he entered and was in there for an hour before leaving through the ER entrance. I have no idea what he was doing, but my imagination does. Finally, after two hours I was escorted back to a room. After another hour and a half was not seen by either a nurse or doctor so I got up and left. They billed Medicare for the visit. When I called to protest they said I was " Triaged " ( blood pressure and temperature taken which took a minute or two ) and thus they were entitled to bill.
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