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Having worked for 20+ years at a major hospital's ER,I can attest to the fact that one of the main reasons for this is because no more than 33% of those who seek treatment in an ER have anything that even remotely resembles a medical emergency.

Sore throats,sniffles,light bumps on the head make up a huge percentage of the complaints that bring people to the ER.

Given that the ER in which I worked was far (very far) from the Mexican border,I can't make any proclamations regarding ER's in border states...CA,AZ,TX or in states/cities that have large numbers of illegals.

Sore throats,sniffles,light bumps on the head make up a huge percentage of the complaints that bring people to the ER.

Exactly. As the law now stands, the hospital can't turn anyone away without being evaluated so they all get treated.

Change the law so that every runny nose, sore throat, earache, diaper rash, mild headache, and backache of three month's duration doesn't have to be seen, and there will be a lot more time and resources for the strokes, heart attacks, broken bones, lacerations that need stitching, motor vehicle accidents, and other actual emergency patients.