Nearly half of US medical visits are at emergency rooms

Re:Nearly half of US medical visits are at emergency rooms by chrisbennet on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @03:20PM (#15493991)

Is it really fair to let poor people have health services that they didn't pay for? Is keeping poor people healthy/alive really the best allocation of resources?

Shouldn't triage take into account who is the most profitable so wealthy people can go to the front of the line where they deserve to be?

I mean really, why should my undocumented nanny, house keeper and gardeners be entitled to the same health care that I am? [Of course, I don't pay them enough to buy health insurance but that's their problem.]

As @gselevator tweeted "I never give money to homeless people. I can't reward failure in good conscience."

(This is sarcasm in case it isn't obvious.)

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Re:Nearly half of US medical visits are at emergency rooms by ryanobjc on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @03:26PM (#15494052)

Actually it wasn't obvious that this is sarcasm.

It totally reads like the kind of libertarian/dude-bro nonsense that has invaded tech.

I'd be wary of reusing text like this in other areas, because until I skipped ahead to "this is sarcasm" I was like "oh here we go again"

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Re:Nearly half of US medical visits are at emergency rooms by conanbatt on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @03:39PM (#15494180)

There is a case for adverse selection for the ER, and the effects of it being free in comparison to very expensive healthcare.

The next question would be: how many of the people that ended up on the ER could actually afford healthcare? And why didnt they have/use it?

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