The 'Sheriff' was on his way home from work yesterday and got within 200 yds of our home when an oncoming truck hit his vehicle.  The fault  was ruled with the other driver.  Husband is ok but what a deal that visit to the local hospital was.  A first hand experience at what O care looks like in our local med facility was as I half expected.  The waiting room was slam full of dejected looking human beings and were supposedly being cared for on a priority basis if you can call what they were complaining about as priorities.  A little cough now and after awhile, a pain in the stomach which produced no outward observances like crying or wincing but they all had their medicaid cards in hand.  I sat in the waiting room after being initially checked into it, by way of furnishing proof of insurance and having bp monitored for 4.5 hours before we were then assigned to another check-in window and then told to take a seat in another row of seats to be called out.  After that, another room where we were told that someone would take care of us by written orders.  Another hour goes by and we were told that x-rays were in order so we did that and were sent to a holding room.  The doctor wasn't satisfied with my "sheriff's BP readings (hubbie was thoroughly pizzed off by now and mad-thus high BP) so more blood was drawn to see if he could take a CP study/scan.  Then back to the holding room and infused with more liquids and having been issued an ok we were given a stack of papers to sign and another handful of papers and scripts to take home.  All in all, we were in that facility until after 4AM this morning.  Lessee now, hubbie was hurting in his sternum very badly as he could hardly breathe and he could not move his left arm at all and he was in serious pain all the while we were there and up until now yet there were priorities above his of the common cold?

The "sheriff" summed up that horrible event this way.  I am an American citizen well upon the age of retirement but still working, I pay taxes and have served my country honorably for twenty years, i carry private insurance and only want to be treated fairly.  What's not to understand about this?

But, thanks to an enduring faith, the "sheriff" is ok.  He was not at fault and the other driver did have insurance to cover his fault in the accident.  Our car was totaled.

Quote from: keyboarder on March 24, 2015, 08:58:33 PM
The 'Sheriff' was on his way home from work yesterday and got within 200 yds of our home when an oncoming truck hit his vehicle.  The fault  was ruled with the other driver.  Husband is ok but what a deal that visit to the local hospital was.  A first hand experience at what O care looks like in our local med facility was as I half expected.  The waiting room was slam full of dejected looking human beings and were supposedly being cared for on a priority basis if you can call what they were complaining about as priorities.  A little cough now and after awhile, a pain in the stomach which produced no outward observances like crying or wincing but they all had their medicaid cards in hand.  I sat in the waiting room after being initially checked into it, by way of furnishing proof of insurance and having bp monitored for 4.5 hours before we were then assigned to another check-in window and then told to take a seat in another row of seats to be called out.  After that, another room where we were told that someone would take care of us by written orders.  Another hour goes by and we were told that x-rays were in order so we did that and were sent to a holding room.  The doctor wasn't satisfied with my "sheriff's BP readings (hubbie was thoroughly pizzed off by now and mad-thus high BP) so more blood was drawn to see if he could take a CP study/scan.  Then back to the holding room and infused with more liquids and having been issued an ok we were given a stack of papers to sign and another handful of papers and scripts to take home.  All in all, we were in that facility until after 4AM this morning.  Lessee now, hubbie was hurting in his sternum very badly as he could hardly breathe and he could not move his left arm at all and he was in serious pain all the while we were there and up until now yet there were priorities above his of the common cold?

The "sheriff" summed up that horrible event this way.  I am an American citizen well upon the age of retirement but still working, I pay taxes and have served my country honorably for twenty years, i carry private insurance and only want to be treated fairly.  What's not to understand about this?

But, thanks to an enduring faith, the "sheriff" is ok.  He was not at fault and the other driver did have insurance to cover his fault in the accident.  Our car was totaled.

What a nightmare! Here in Hooterville we have Pardee and they are always very responsive. They have a couple of urgent care facilities in the community that handle most of the more mundane medical situations. That has done wonders for depopulating the ER at the hospital.