tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post2854213234571525936..comments2024-03-27T08:40:31.785-06:00Comments on Clayton Cramer.: E/R Visits UpClayton Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-49270440072616246592014-06-09T19:28:10.171-06:002014-06-09T19:28:10.171-06:00My experience in EMS reinforces your opinion. Ofte...My experience in EMS reinforces your opinion. Often I'd respond to calls for people who had been seen in the ED and given a referral to a clinic for a follow up. Only they never went. Or they'd be seen and given a prescription for antibiotics or pain killers. Which they wouldn't bother to get filled. <br /><br />Once they got ill enough, they'd call 9-1-1 so that we could take them back to the ED and restart the cycle. <br /><br />Very few of my poor patients had primary care physicians despite the fact that most of them had Medicaid. <br /><br />TOTWTYTRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17221321904364051792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-62416378217323442572014-06-09T18:59:56.886-06:002014-06-09T18:59:56.886-06:00It is my understanding that poor people using emer...It is my understanding that poor people using emergency rooms for primary care is mostly a problem because they don't pay the resulting bills (meaning emergency room care has to be priced much higher than it would cost if everybody using it paid) not because this is a waste of resources. So moving them to the regular primary care system wouldn't actually save much.James B. Shearerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13452342984383895221noreply@blogger.com