The Patriot Post® · A State of Non-Emergency

Let’s pretend you have ObamaCare and for about a week, you’ve had a cough so bad it sounds like your lungs are going to pop out. What’s the best way to see a person in scrubs? Well, if you’re like the people in Kentucky, you’ll saunter down to the emergency room – the kind of emergency-room abuse ObamaCare was supposed to fix. According to The Courier-Journal, at least one hospital has seen a 12% hike in people using the emergency room for non-emergency care because of the federal program. American Academy of Nursing President Diana Mason told The Courior Journal magazine, “It will continue to go up if we don’t build our primary-care capacity. It will continue to go up if we don’t support alternatives such as retail clinics. And it won’t get better if we don’t educate the public about the correct use of emergency departments.” But hey, at least one thing is going to get fixed under ObamaCare: Healthcare.gov – again. More…