The last time we went to the ER, I had the feeling that because we have insurance, we moved way up in line. We still sat in the “curtained room” for a long time but we weren’t in Little Tijuana (waiting room) long at all.
One ER stay, I peeped out the curtain and say the doctor sitting in a chair, drumming his fingers on the table. Then he left. Then he came back. I was just sitting there. This stay was 4 hours. Nothing was done to me in those 4 hours.
Except the money clock ticking. Are patients charged for the room in the ER by the hour? Does anyone know?