Health Care Reform Could Result In Longer ER Wait Times

By Fred Lee

Thanks in a large part to television and movies, the popular impression of hospital emergency rooms (ER) is that it is a place where the life and death treatment of patients suffering from traumatic injuries are attended to. The reality, however, is that ERs are a place where people go to receive care for a variety of health issues, which include life threatening trauma, but also entail treatment of such problems as sore throats, stomach aces, and minor broken bones.

This is because outside of normal business hours, people who need medical attention are directed to the ER. Also, people who cannot find care anywhere else, for reasons that include n

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