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k9kssr8 months ago
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Believe me, some of those who abuse the ER have affordable health care coverage....Medicare and Medicaid.....so it is not just the uninsured. There are many reasons why insured people come into the ER other than a true emergency. Some are hypochondriacs and "don't ENJOY good health". Some have Munchausens, they like the attention. Some have caregivers who don't want to care for them at home, but don't want to place them in long-term care facilities and try repeatedly to get them admitted to avoid caring for them. There is a significant amount of insurance/medicare abuse by recipients that is never addressed or spoken of. I know of one case in which 3 people were using the insurance card and benefits of one person and I don't think that is an isolated incident.
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If you notice the headline, 9 patients made 2700 ER visits in 6 years.....9 patients/2700 visits equals 300 visits divided by 6 years equals 50 visits per year per patient. That's almost a visit a week.....something definitely going on there that has nothing to do with being insured or not (although these patient's in the article weren't).
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