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Originally Posted by banjobob
Hospital emergency room for the flu ??
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Originally Posted by skip0358
I have not had a problem however I only go to an ER IF it's an Emergency. Urgent care is quicker & cheaper. You know ALL the local Hospitals are slammed especially this time of year and especially with this years flu season. So why not go to one of the many Urgent cares?
I think some people to the ER just so they can come on here and blast TVRH. Well guess what most all ERs are the same no matter where you live. Why because people go there to be treated instead of Urgent Cares or your normal MD except it's tough to get an appointment at the MD.
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Posting these together because this is definitely part of the problem. It is beyond me why people do not use urgent care more often. When I had the flu last year, instead of calling my doctor to get an appt, I immediately went to the local urgent care. They took me right in, tested me, gave me medication, and I was home and in bed in no time. The doctor's visit would have been cheaper but I knew, besides the antiviral med, what I really needed was fluids and bedrest, so I wanted to make the visit as quick as possible. No phone call needed, just go there.
The ER is often overused and downright abused by some. The last time I took my husband to the ER for a kidney stone, the young man in the next bed had come in because he had just gotten his medical assistance card and wanted to have "a few things checked". "Things" that he had been letting go for months that were definitely not urgent but I guess he thought it would be easier to go to an ER than to find a primary care doctor. I have seen this with a lot of younger people, especially those on assistance. They abuse the ER instead of taking the time to find a PCP.
Note: Before I get slammed by someone for the comment, let me say, I use those on assistance as the example only because most who get insurance through work or on their own usually have high co-pays ($300-600) for ER visits and wouldn't think to go there unless they absolutely had to.