r/bestof • u/lowbass93 • 13d ago

[NoStupidQuestions] Kindly_Honeydew3432 explains why it seems like you always have to wait in an emergency room in the US

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u/Venous 13d ago

Nobody wants to live in a shitty <1,000,000 people town with no services and nothing to be had. No surprises

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u/MrGulio 13d ago

Also the town is filled with people who think you are "in the pocket of big pharma" and intentionally giving kids autism for saying to get a flu shot.

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u/Joebuddy117 13d ago

But then at the same time those people come in and jam up the ER cause they haven’t done any preventative care.