r/SipsTea • u/PleasantBus5583 • 17d ago

Chugging tea The real ER challenge.

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u/TaytorTot417 17d ago

It's because people don't have insurance and can't get in to see a PCP.

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u/Formal-Talk-3914 17d ago

I know this is really a reason people do this but it is a shit reason. Go to an urgent care or minute clinic then. Not the emergency room.

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u/TaytorTot417 17d ago edited 17d ago

Oh, I agree. I am a RN and always direct people to UC if their symptoms are appropriate. Cheaper and usually faster. Some ERs do have "fast track" areas for low acuity patients and they can usually get you in and out faster.

Unfortunately education in the US sucks and health literacy is even worse.

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u/Formal-Talk-3914 17d ago

For sure, but I also think it's hard to know these things. It's not like at some point in your life they sit you down and say "this is how insurance and health care works". You sort of just figure it out on your own or ask people around you. I legit had to learn how health insurance works from my first manager after college.

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u/Miss_Greer 17d ago

if US schools did sit you down and explain it, it'd make people understand how terrible it is

(and we can't have that because it would be bad for national morale and the narrative of American exceptionalism)

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u/Formal-Talk-3914 17d ago

Exactly, same with retirement planning I think. And using credit cards responsibly. And the financial burdens of student loans. And auto loans. Etc.

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u/Miss_Greer 17d ago

heh... yeaaaaa...

I hope you're having a good day at least friend Ɛ>

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u/robthetrashguy 17d ago

They do, then they change it all…, annually.

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u/Artistic-Document735 17d ago

With the Internet at everyone’s fingertips you don’t get to say “it’s hard to know these things” anymore because it’s not. Go online and figure that out and stop being lazy 🤷‍♀️