Texas ERs May Not Have to Have Doctors on Site
State health officials are considering lifting a requirement that Texas emergency rooms have a physician on-site at all times — as long as a doctor can get there within 30 minutes.
The proposed change is designed to ease financial strain on small specialty hospitals, which are required to have emergency rooms, but see very few emergency patients. These hospitals say they shouldn’t have to pay to have an ER doctor there 24/7, particularly when there’s a large community hospital or major trauma center nearby.
“In low-volume hospitals, in rural hospitals, it’s a poor use of resources to ...
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jpt51
The AMA endorces Perry and the payback is greater profits for the hospitals and worse patient service. How much crony Perry politics are we suppose to endure before we wise up and elect someone else? Perry's appointees are responsible for so many years of abuse at; TYC, the state schools, TTC, TDCJ prison scandals, 8 blind eye years of ignoring food stamp computer problems, a billion dollar shortfall at TxDOT etc.. All Perry cares about is making sure his crony friends are able to get their hands on our tax money and feed at the public trough. Two thirds of state contracts are no longer let using compeditive bidding. Time and time again Perry's privatization experiments have proven to be more costly and deliver substandard service than before. Open your eyes Texas. We need to elect new leadership to the governor's office next year.
Open your eyes Texas! Understand Perry doesn't care about anyone but his pals, just like Rod Blagojevich!
jpt51
Gee, I meant to delete that last sentence... As far as I know, Perry hasn't tried to buy a U.S. Senate seat. He just wants Kay to stay where she is.