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LockBeard
04-01-2009, 02:23 PM
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/04/01/0401er.html

Austin ER's got 2,678 visits from 9 people over 6 years
George Gervin's Afro
04-01-2009, 02:41 PM
So you are for people going to the ER for colds? Is that good public money spent?
CosmicCowboy
04-01-2009, 03:00 PM
So you are for people going to the ER for colds? Is that good public money spent?

Uhhh...you realize it's illegal to turn anyone away, right? These were whacko's and drug users abusing the system and there wasn't a damn thing they could do about it..
LnGrrrR
04-01-2009, 03:39 PM
Uhhh...you realize it's illegal to turn anyone away, right? These were whacko's and drug users abusing the system and there wasn't a damn thing they could do about it..

You'd think they could so some sort of reverse claim and sue the people abusing the system, or get the cops on them, or something like that.
ChumpDumper
04-01-2009, 04:50 PM
What does this have to do with nationalized health care?
Crookshanks
04-01-2009, 04:59 PM
Uhhh...you realize it's illegal to turn anyone away, right? These were whacko's and drug users abusing the system and there wasn't a damn thing they could do about it..

Actually, they're only required to provide life-saving treatment. However, the hospitals and ER personnel were so afraid of bad publicity and lawsuits that they started treating everything - and now it's totally out of control!
ChumpDumper
04-01-2009, 05:01 PM
Actually, they're only required to provide life-saving treatment.Depends on the hospital and the jurisdiction under which it falls.
LockBeard
04-01-2009, 05:06 PM
What does this have to do with nationalized health care?

Chump, are you seriously this dense?

Seriously. I need to know if I should downgrade you in Lockbeard's Spurstalk Rating System.
ChumpDumper
04-01-2009, 05:09 PM
So you can't explain yourself.

No problem, that was expected.
TDMVPDPOY
04-01-2009, 05:30 PM
some hospitals rort the auditing program to get more govt funding....
Blake
04-01-2009, 05:43 PM
Seriously. I need to know if I should downgrade you in Lockbeard's Spurstalk Rating System.

where does lockbeard rank in lockbeard's rating system?