Re: about hosptials us vs australia

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There are hospitals in every county of every state that will treat anyone that

walks in, regardless of income or insurance, too. They're called " County

Hosptials " (imagine that!) I'd hope that people would receive the same care at

these hosptials as they would anywhere else. Unfortunately, that may not be the

case, but they are out there!

> Money or no money everyone gets into hospital and treated well. It's

> going down hill a bit lately, we had a marvellous health care system,

> but government just love to fix what's not broken.

Same thing in Canada. It was working very well, then the politicians etc. got

to tinkering with it. If they do much more tinkering it will be ruined. That'd

be a shame.

" If it ain't broke - don't fix it. "

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Lyndi

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wrote:

> There are hospitals in every county of every state that will treat anyone that

walks in, regardless of income or insurance, too. They're called " County

Hosptials " (imagine that!) I'd hope that people would receive the same care at

these hosptials as they would anywhere else. Unfortunately, that may not be the

case, but they are out there!

If there was a hospital in every county of every state then Indiana would have

92 hospitals! We have counties that don't even have a walk in clinic, never

mind a hospital.

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Lyndi

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I don't know about other states, but in California, ANY hospital with

the exceptions of hospitals like Kierser (HMO's) have to take u

regardless of insurance.

Years ago before we got this bill passed, i had to go to county

hospitals which took 8-12 hours. In Los Angels, the County hospitals

take for ever to get seen. But, now with, i think it is called " chapter

99 " Don't quote me, anyone can go into any non-private hospital. So now

i go to Ceder-Sanai Hospital, which is not a county hospital, it isn't

private either. The wait is about 3-4 hours, but if u go before 8 AM u

get seen almost right away.

The only thing is u still get bills in the mail, however, you apply for

Chapter 99 (for each ER visit), and the state pays the bill. In my case,

my settlement will take care of it. Coutny hospitals are no fun here in

LA, omg, they are awful but u do get excellent medical care. Top

Physicians work there, teaching ETC. But the environment is lacking,

and you have to put up with the occasionaly Crazy person (for lack of a

better word) or Addict trying to get a fix, They go to the non-county

hospitals too, but security and stuff is better, its cleaner and stuff.

And they usually faze these people out and they are put somewhere else.

At the hospital i go to now for flair ups, has a Trauma center, a

Regular Er and a 'fast track' Er, i usually get in fast track because i

have chornic condition. but, fast track by all means u don't get in and

out faster lol, it just means u go to a different part of the ER, where

they don't need physcians standing over a patient every minute or

nurses. You get a shot of demiral (SP?) and u lay there, they come and

say " is it working " usually i say " no " and i get one more, they usually

give me a script for something for pain and i am gone. I am not sick or

in need of immediate attention, i only need my blood pressure taken ever

30 minutes to make sure the meds aren't

affecting me bad.

The second to the last time i went i got the greatest doc, i told him

what was wrong with me and told him i come here for flair ups, and he

said " Tell me what u need me to do " I said " well, they usually give me

a shot of demirol and monitor me, that's about it. He did a quick

exame, touched my belly and checked my reflexes and lungs and said

" someone will be right in " and withing minutes a nurse had my shot. He

was great, and he actually stood there and talked to me and listened to

me. Most ER docs spend on Average 11-30 seconds with a patient for each

time they go to check on the patient (read that in an article), it also

said, a DR usually interupts a patient within 11 seconds LOL. How they

figured that out, i don't know...someone stood there timimg this for

statistics lol. OR maybe patient surveys, not sure.

But anyway..... I don't know if this is available only in California or

across the country.

Lyndi wrote:

> If there was a hospital in every county of every

> state then Indiana would have 92 hospitals! We have

> counties that don't even have a walk in clinic,

> never mind a hospital.

[Guest guest]

Same here in North Iowa. Most of the hospitals and doctors' clinics are owned

by Sisters of Mercy. If you want an independent second opinion, you have to go

to Mayo or Iowa City.

Maxine

Lyndi wrote:

If there was a hospital in every county of every state then Indiana would

have 92 hospitals! We have counties that don't even have a walk in clinic,

never mind a hospital.

[Guest guest]

Oops!! Ok, ok... not EVERY county. SORRY! I didn't even think when I wrote

that. I knew what I meant in my head, but of course my fingers never seem to

say what my brain is thinking. I knew what I meant. I meant that there are

county hosptials. They will try to fix you for free. The end. lol

in IA