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If You Need Medical Care Right Away, Consider Going to an Urgent Care Center

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….

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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…