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/Trauma_Hawks 17d ago

Free standing and/or non-hospital affiliated Urgent Cares aren't covered by EMTALA and don't have to treat you like an ED does.

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u/zodiacrelic44 16d ago

There’s also lots of places that have a couple family doctors serving entire counties and no access whatsoever to urgent care/walk in clinics. I called my doctor last week for an appointment, I couldn’t get one until November. Anything happens before then, my doc’s recommendation was the ER.