Catchy headline, and of course, mainstream press is again blaming the medical profession.
Getting billed for $162 and not seeing a physician looks bad on the surface, but I haven’t read any reports delving deeper into the reasons why there was 19-hour wait in the first place.
Luckily, Doug Farrago is here to explain why.
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