tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1408616337296439010.post3652393377087868098..comments2024-01-24T21:28:29.675-08:00Comments on TALES FROM THE SERENITY NOW HOSPITAL: Post from WhiteCoat's Call Room Need “Entirely Free Health Care?” Go to the ER!SerenityNowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11692300152273949586noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1408616337296439010.post-6393293005201957102010-03-12T17:41:40.222-08:002010-03-12T17:41:40.222-08:00This uninsured went to the ER in December late one...This uninsured went to the ER in December late one evening with weird chest pains. I was diagnosed with pleuresy and walking pnuemonia. I am now working hard to pay that bill bit by bit. I'd rather pay my hospital bill than my mortgage. You folks save lives -my house and my mortgage bank just sucks my life away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1408616337296439010.post-90883216597827982202010-03-12T08:07:27.304-08:002010-03-12T08:07:27.304-08:00Anon, a medical card...at least here in Illinois.....Anon, a medical card...at least here in Illinois...is a Medicaid card.Pammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15738873962224747387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1408616337296439010.post-14445881913284073132010-03-10T09:27:55.485-08:002010-03-10T09:27:55.485-08:00What is a medical card?What is a medical card?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1408616337296439010.post-20391978535737658422010-03-10T08:00:39.292-08:002010-03-10T08:00:39.292-08:00What he didn't say was that the "millions...What he didn't say was that the "millions" of uninsured people that go to the ER for care have a medical card. The treatment they receive at the ER most certainly IS free...to them. <br /><br />That's WHY they go to the ER and not a regular doctor's office. A medical card will pay for ER care...but not an office visit.Pammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15738873962224747387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1408616337296439010.post-77449863334386645272010-03-09T12:35:07.250-08:002010-03-09T12:35:07.250-08:00No...he wasnt encouraging people to go to the ER. ...No...he wasnt encouraging people to go to the ER. It wasn't like Bushes comment a few years ago. I went back and watched the video. The problem was he proclaimed emergency care as free. He said people go to the ER for completely free care....some of which he says have money to pay for insurance. So directly he is not encouraging people to go to the ER. But the ER isn't free, so it shows a measure of ignorance on his part to say that the ER is free. And if you say something is free....people are going to go for the free stuff.SerenityNowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11692300152273949586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1408616337296439010.post-49782820491388745252010-03-08T22:27:20.175-08:002010-03-08T22:27:20.175-08:00I don't believe Mitt Romney was/is encouraging...I don't believe Mitt Romney was/is encouraging people to go to the Emergency Room because it's free.<br /><br />I believe he was commenting on the fact that many of those people don't pay for the care they receive, leaving it on the shoulders of those of us who do pay.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1408616337296439010.post-32466422757496823252010-03-08T20:31:03.320-08:002010-03-08T20:31:03.320-08:00You're reading it wrong. Romney says that peop...You're reading it wrong. Romney says that people go to the ER to get free care.....this is not the case but since most people come and don't pay their bill, it's essentially what they are getting.....gotta love idiots in government, no wonder shit is so f**ked up!Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014617406910940468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1408616337296439010.post-39211280188565389772010-03-08T11:37:46.856-08:002010-03-08T11:37:46.856-08:00Am I reading it wrong. I think Romney wants ED to ...Am I reading it wrong. I think Romney wants ED to be paid that is why he is for Universal Coverage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com