[Trample the Elderly]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

I'm not pissed that we have poor people. It's the choices that SOME of the poor make that pisses me off.

And while many of the poor are making those annoying choices, it should be noted that not all do. Most do, but most should not be generalized into all. So I'll say that.

But getting back on topic, I can't stand how many of the poor decide to wait until the sniffles turns into bronchitis which turns into pneumonia before ever going to see a doctor. Hell, if you're going to abuse the ER and not see a primary doctor, at least do it before the illness turns into something serious. By the time it gets to pneumonia and they get off their ass to get to the hospital, they're in such bad shape that they need to stay in the hospital for 7 days. If they showed up at the ER during the bronchitis stage they could be sent home same day with antibiotics.

Happens here at our hospital all the damn time, and we have to write a lot of it off, and then jack up the rates we ask the insurance companies to reimburse us just to get by. So when the poor do that, it directly affects your insurance premium.

Isn't it mandated by law that you can't refuse them service?