Every day, people across the United States injure themselves or become sick when their doctor’s office is closed. These people cannot wait for that office to open but are not sick enough or hurt badly enough to require getting treatment from a hospital. Luckily for them, there are other options for after hours medical treatment. Urgent care centers have popped up all over the country to help people at night and on the weekends when something happens. The first urgent care centers opened in the United States in the 1970s. Since the first walk in clinic opened back then, more …
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ERs To Charge Upfront Fees For Routine Care
Soon, patients abusing the emergency room may have to pay for it. “A growing number of hospitals have implemented the pay-first policy in an effort to divert patients with routine illnesses from the ER after they undergo a federally required screening,” Kaiser Health News reveals. In other words, patients may be subject to a minimum of a $150 upfront fee if doctors determine that they are not seriously injured or ill during their required exam. Americans will have to pay the fee in its entirety before receiving treatment. Doctors Debate: Is Requiring Routine Patients to Pay Upfront Worthwhile? Is It …
