Blue Cross Georgia limits ER visits

[RAMOSS]

Don't tell me. You're a liberal.

SO, you don't think that people should get regular health care so they can go to the doctors when they are sick. Is that what you are saying?

 

[Cigar]

Now, if they could only get regular doctor care, instead of just needing to sit back and die.

Most of these people Voted for Sit Back and Die ... Oprah was right.

 

[MaggieD]

SO, you don't think that people should get regular health care so they can go to the doctors when they are sick. Is that what you are saying?

Yes. I think they should have to die in the streets. That's exactly what I meant. Where the hell is the eye roll emoge?

 

[Baralis]

BCBS of Georgia has begun refusing to pay for ER visits they deem unnecessary. They're tired of people using the ER for their primary medical care.

its about time! This is great news. And I'll bet it spreads.

Doctors and hospitals aren't happy.




Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Georgia To Launch Emergency Room Policy | WABE 90.1 FM

Shouldnt this have been done YEARS ago?

I see this as a reaction to a symptom of a greater issue. one of many, with our health care system.

 

[RAMOSS]

Yes. I think they should have to die in the streets. That's exactly what I meant. Where the hell is the eye roll emoge?

I hope you are being sarcastic. What do YOU think is the actual solution.

 

[Winchester]

I think you're right about why many people do this. But I disagree with you. I think it will have a tremendous impact. And you forget that insurance companies will still PAY for those clinic visits. They just won't pay for the many ER visits that diagnose flu prescribe a medicine and charge the insurance company $3,000.

This is exactly the reason the AMA fought tooth and nail against these clinics, especially the ones at pharmacies like Walgreen's and CVS. They saw the writing on the wall. They lost that battle. And the American people won.

If you notice, the article I pulled is older. Where was the press coverage on this historic change? While the press was busy covering "Look What He Said THIS Time," the fabric of our healthcare system made an historic and very important shift that went under-reported.

I hope this spreads like wildfire.

ERs are still going to have significant costs to remain open. Taking away a revenue stream isn't going to make them less expensive to operate, the costs are going to have to be shifted to elsewhere and we'll all still have to pay.

 

[MaggieD]

I hope you are being sarcastic. What do YOU think is the actual solution.

I think I made my sarcasm crystal in that post.

The actual solution is exactly what has happened. Use of clinics instead of ridiculously expensive ERs should have happened years ago. They become the triage. It doesn't take a $200 million facility to x-ray an ankle. And, of course, people can go wherever they want for that x-ray. Or whatever their problem is. The insurance company just won't pay for frivolous use.

 

[radioman]

Surprised it didn't make the front page!! "President Donald Trump has illegitimate child!!"
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That's pretty funny.

 

[justabubba]

will make the line at the ER shorter for the folks with no insurance and thus, no alternative healthcare coverage

 

[Oborosen]

Surprised it didn't make the front page!! "President Donald Trump has illegitimate child!!"

The clinics, I think, will be used as a sort of triage. They're used that way now. It shouldn't cost $3,000 to wrap a sprained ankle or treat a cut that needs butterfly bandages. I believe this change will save tens of millions of dollars for the system.

And, more importantly, people who need emergency care for real won't have to wait hours to treat these simple injuries and illnesses.

Anecdotal. I was at the ER, where I was eventually admitted to the hospital and had emergency surgery. I waited several hours laying across two chairs to mitigate the extreme pain. Looking at the waiting room, I saw parents with children where the supposed patient was running around playing as they waited their turn. I saw one patient who was limping come out of treatment wearing an Ace bandage. I could go on and on.

OTOH, I saw a man come running in carrying a 3-year old or so. She was red as a beet. He immediately ran to the admittance window and yelled, "Please help. My daughter has a 105 temperature, and we can't bring it down." The reply was, "Go have a seat over there." Right at the admittance desk, he pulled his cell phone and asked for an ambulance to take his child to another hospital. At that point, this woman at the desk put him at the front of the line, and he was whisked back into the ER proper for treatment.

The ER has been abused for decades. That's about to change.

I believe it, because the worst I've seen is a man relegated to third place in the line.

While having to hold his partially severed hand...

I love my country, but it gets really hard to keep that love sometimes.