When I went to the ER recently (for what turned out to be a minor issue, fortunately) I was told I had to wait 18 hours before I could be seen. The reason: the waiting room was overflowing with people using the ER as their primary care physician
Philip GourevitchTrump kicked millions off health insurance while failing to check inflation & hiking gas prices so uninsured forego care or end up in ERs racking up unpaid bills & hospital profits fall & they raise rates on the insured & insurers hike premiums - a hell spiral. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/b...