If people do not have proof of insurance, will the ER still see them?
If so and obammacare requires health insurance, why would this happen?
Is the ER will still see them, then why buy health insurance?
‘They had no idea if my insurance was active or not!’: Obamacare confusion reigns as frustrated patients walk out of hospitals without treatment
MailOnline spoke with patients who were told they would have to pay their bills in full if they couldn’t prove they had insurance
One was faced with a $3,000 hospital room charge and opted to leave the hospital after experiencing chest pains
‘Should I be in the hospital? Probably,’ she said
Another, coughing in the cold, walked out without receiving a needed chest x-ray
Consumers face sticker-shock from medical costs under the new Obamacare system, made worse if they can’t prove they’re insured
As many as one-third of new enrollees’ applications have seen problems when the government transmits them to insurance companies
This is probably also a function of all the doctors’ offices that have opted out of Medicare. Fewer and fewer providers will accept it, so many people have nowhere else to go. Also, I don’t know about Medicare, but regular Obamacare drastically shrinks the geographic coverage area. If it has done the same to Medicare, and there are no offices that accept Medicare within the coverage area, then these people have no choice.
poor people go to the emergency room for an ear infection. It is their first stop. stupid
Another Obamacare selling point goes into the toilet.
How many times did we hear, “if more poor people have access to insurance, they won’t clog up the emergency rooms”?
Calling a Medicaid clinic for an appointment might take a month or longer.
Now that these customers have Medicaid “insurance”, they want service pronto, chop-chop.
The behavior is to be expected, the word of Obama and other libs that O’care would cut the number of ER visits made my head spin when I first heard it.
Years ago (probably 25 or so), I was young and didn’t have a regular doctor, so I went to the ER for a sore throat. The young doctor who treated me couldn’t conceal his annoyance at the fact that I was there for something so trivial, but in those days there weren’t any walk-in clinics like we have today. Those are a godsend.
BTW, I did pay my bill.
If the government orders someone else to pay for my meals, why should I order a McDonald’s Burger when I can order steak!
If the Government orders others to pay for my medical care why should I go to a common clinic when I can go to a HOSPITAL and maybe get a free meal and a room for some minor thing?
If a guy is rushed into ER at 2 am with an impacted gerbil or other objects. How will Obamacare cover this situation? How much will it pay for the extraction procedure. Does it allow him he to see his doctor, veternarian, dentist, chiropractor, plumber, or other practitioner of choice to perform the extraction. I’m series. This happens more often than you know. Just ask any ER personnel.
That’s what you get when you increase demand and not supply.
H.S. Econ.