NRPinNEPA Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 (edited) The problem with healthcare is a problem of money and system abuse. Firstly, money. Many primary care physicians will not accept medicaid patients because they know that caring for them is a financial black hole. So what do these people who have no access to primary care do? They use the emergency department as primary care. If they don't have a car they call us. And you know it's true... there isn't a single one of us who hasn't been called for a toothache at 3:00am. What we need to do is reform health REIMBURSEMENT so that primary care physicians can care for medicaid patients without going to the poorhouse, and give us as paramedics the ability to tell toothache boy to go piss up a rope. Cut down on inappropriate use (read: abuse) of resources, you reduce costs. Edited August 6, 2010 by EMT-PinNEPA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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