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Old 04-27-2009, 02:31 PM
 
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well if it helps them get proper care and helps with over crowding in the u of cer im all for it
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Old 04-27-2009, 07:33 PM
 
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Precisely. I don't think the hospital should discriminate, but it's insanity to think that poor, uninsured patients are higher priority than insured patients. They're not higher priority or lower priority. They should all be viewed based on their health, not on their ability to pay (or inability to pay). That shouldn't enter into it. The need in question, at the time of admittance into a hospital, is a health need, not a financial one.
Great post.
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Old 04-28-2009, 07:29 PM
 
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My vote is for universal health care to solve the emergency room misuse.
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Old 04-29-2009, 11:23 AM
 
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Or the UC hospitals could suffer the same fate as Michael Reese Hospital - which was auctioned off yesterday.
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