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DeacHead said:
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It's because they call the ones run by republicans trailer parks.
 
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Although that EMS story is probably bullshit, there is an extraordinary amount of calls that abuse the EMS service. My best friend owns a large EMS service in eastern NC (granted they can't be first responders to an emergency, they can, however, assist) and says that the county routinely get calls for toothaches, diarrhea, sprained ankles/wrists, etc. I was actually in his office a couple of weeks ago when one of his crews had to respond to a toothache. He just shook his head but didn't care much because they make fucking bank off of that from Medicaid.
 
Is there a published standard as to what constitutes an emergency? To what extent should 911 triage such injuries and ailments?
 
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PhDeac said:
Is there a published standard as to what constitutes an emergency? To what extent should 911 triage such injuries and ailments?
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Idk, but you don't need a published standard to tell you that a toothache doesn't require an ambulance ride to the ER. Nor does a sprained ankle or diarrhea. EMS is not a taxi service.
 
DG3 said:
Idk, but you don't need a published standard to tell you that a toothache doesn't require an ambulance ride to the ER. Nor does a sprained ankle or diarrhea. EMS is not a taxi service.
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You know that. I know that. But I don't think you can assume everyone knows that, especially someone who is actually going the pain.
 
Anyone having been to Eastern NC should not be surprised that people there use ambulances like taxis.
 
Junebug said:
Did they require you to hand in your common sense when they hand you your PhD these days?
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No. It does require a basic understanding of how other people who aren't like me think.

Whether or not something is an emergency is up to the person.

Going to the ER is an adaptation of people who don't have other ways of getting their medical needs met.
 
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PhDeac said:
No. It does require a basic understanding of how other people who aren't like me think.

Whether or not something is an emergency is up to the person.

Going to the ER is an adaptation of people who don't have other ways of getting their medical needs met.
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This is the problem. It would blow your mind at how much the ambulance ride alone costs. The amount billed to Medicaid for these services is absolutely crazy. My friend's family has gotten filthy rich almost 100% on the back of Medicaid/Medicare. They also own a home healthcare and medical supply company.
 
DG3 said:
Statistically, they do not. Granted I'm giving second hand info, but it's from a source that knows the direct statistics.
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Your source conducted a census of Eastern NC ambulance users?
 
Are there still a large number of Eastern NC "democrats" who always vote republican and just haven't changed their party affiliation in a while? I seem to remember my dad saying he registered Democrat in the state back in the 60's because there was basically no republican party to speak of.
 
DG3 said:
This is the problem. It would blow your mind at how much the ambulance ride alone costs. The amount billed to Medicaid for these services is absolutely crazy. My friend's family has gotten filthy rich almost 100% on the back of Medicaid/Medicare. They also own a home healthcare and medical supply company.
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There was a time where the home health and youth services/case management industries were crazy lucrative on the strength of government payors. From what I've seen that's been dried up quite a bit.
 
Wakeforest22890 said:
Are there still a large number of Eastern NC "democrats" who always vote republican and just haven't changed their party affiliation in a while? I seem to remember my dad saying he registered Democrat in the state back in the 60's because there was basically no republican party to speak of.
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That was my grandmother
 
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