just go to the emergency room; that was advice from GOP
Happens all the time. Out of the depts that I am over (ER, OR, BB) the ER has the highest rate of uninsured post third (non emergency) traffic than the other two combined.
People come in all the time with bullshit ailments for no reason - flu, migraines, allergies (no joke) - and expect immediate treatment. (Never mind they can't afford to pay) The triage nurse will let them sit there for so long they often either start to feel better or just give up. The few that do stick it out basically get hustled in and out so fast with just a two day supply and a common script for something like Tylenol 3 or Tessalon Perles that you know nothing was accomplished. Because they don't even bother to go get the script filled. Then you see them back in there a week later. WTF people?