>>>Are you using main stream media for real examples????
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>>>Here is one for you. My mom is 85. I have to take her sometimes to the ER. Average waiting time 4-5 hours.
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>>Here's 2 for you.
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>>My grandfather passed a couple years back at age 91. After age 85 or so, there were many trips to many doctors, a couple hospital stays and a couple ambulance rides. Very little waiting.
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>One of the things I learned as my parents went through their final illnesses is that arriving at the ER in an ambulance lets you bypass the waiting room. Ambulance patients automatically take precedence over walk-ins.
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>Tamar

True. A close friend has been an EMT for years has frequently mentioned that if we believe we're in need of emergency care to call an ambulance.

Another way is to have a heart attack in the waiting room as my father did. He went right to the front of the line. ;)

Note: The smiley is because he lived and is still with us nearly 20 years later.