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I must respectfully disagree.

Hospital ED's are for Emergencies-like the name says. Insurance reimbursement only pays for Emergencies. These policies were in place long before Obama got here.
That said, the average wait in Parkland or JPS is 24 hours. Why? Because of all the non-emergent, although very sick, people.
The shooting victim in NY did right to go to ED, because, who knew without the workup, whether the injury was life-threatening. The icing on the cake was he had to wait for the slug to get removed. People walk around with alot worse. Glad it didn't happen to me, though.

Tough times, tougher choices coming. Insurance doesn't want to pay more benefits. They make money by paying less. That's why bottom-line, standards of care have evolved. Is it perfect? No. But give me federal oversight to corporate profit margins everytime.

Disclaimer: I do not work for any hospital systems, nor do I receive any Medicare reimbursement.