Comments on: One Patient’s Experience in an Emergency Room http://healthblog.ncpa.org/one-patient%e2%80%99s-experience-in-an-emergency-room/ Health Care Policy and Reform Insights | NCPA Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Parkland Gets Better at Delivering Babies | John Goodman's Health Policy Blog http://healthblog.ncpa.org/one-patient%e2%80%99s-experience-in-an-emergency-room/comment-page-1/#comment-41533 Parkland Gets Better at Delivering Babies | John Goodman's Health Policy Blog Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:25:23 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=628#comment-41533 [...] reported on the dire results of rationing by waiting at this Dallas hospital's emergency room here, here, here, here and here. But we have also reported on its amazing success at delivering more [...] [...] reported on the dire results of rationing by waiting at this Dallas hospital's emergency room here, here, here, here and here. But we have also reported on its amazing success at delivering more [...]

]]> By: Rationing by Waiting | John Goodman's Health Policy Blog http://healthblog.ncpa.org/one-patient%e2%80%99s-experience-in-an-emergency-room/comment-page-1/#comment-40914 Rationing by Waiting | John Goodman's Health Policy Blog Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:28:59 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=628#comment-40914 [...] to one in seven. We have previously reported on conditions at Dallas County's Parkland Hospital here, here, here and here. This is from an article in the Dallas Morning News: Parkland determined that [...] [...] to one in seven. We have previously reported on conditions at Dallas County's Parkland Hospital here, here, here and here. This is from an article in the Dallas Morning News: Parkland determined that [...]

]]> By: John Goodman’s Health Policy Blog » Blog Archive » McCain vs. the Critics, Part I http://healthblog.ncpa.org/one-patient%e2%80%99s-experience-in-an-emergency-room/comment-page-1/#comment-39686 John Goodman’s Health Policy Blog » Blog Archive » McCain vs. the Critics, Part I Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:28:53 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=628#comment-39686 [...] like for both the uninsured and Medicaid patients to get "free care" at a Dallas ER (here) in order to see why almost everyone would grab at the chance in a heartbeat.  But according [...] [...] like for both the uninsured and Medicaid patients to get "free care" at a Dallas ER (here) in order to see why almost everyone would grab at the chance in a heartbeat.  But according [...]

]]> By: John Goodman’s Health Policy Blog » Blog Archive » Parkland ER Update http://healthblog.ncpa.org/one-patient%e2%80%99s-experience-in-an-emergency-room/comment-page-1/#comment-39505 John Goodman’s Health Policy Blog » Blog Archive » Parkland ER Update Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:45:02 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=628#comment-39505 [...] story here. Previous Parkland posts are here and [...] [...] story here. Previous Parkland posts are here and [...]

]]> By: Frank http://healthblog.ncpa.org/one-patient%e2%80%99s-experience-in-an-emergency-room/comment-page-1/#comment-39304 Frank Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:00:06 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=628#comment-39304 As the day turned into night, the waiting room became standing room only and women and children were huddled on the cold linoleum floor. People were hacking. A little Vietnamese woman kept spitting up green stuff into her handkerchief and a homeless man was sleeping, essentially, across my feet. As the day turned into night, the waiting room became standing room only and women and children were huddled on the cold linoleum floor. People were hacking. A little Vietnamese woman kept spitting up green stuff into her handkerchief and a homeless man was sleeping, essentially, across my feet.

]]> By: Joe S. http://healthblog.ncpa.org/one-patient%e2%80%99s-experience-in-an-emergency-room/comment-page-1/#comment-39292 Joe S. Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:29:48 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=628#comment-39292 One more powerful argument for John Goodman's proposal to create a univeral Health Savings Account. One more powerful argument for John Goodman’s proposal to create a univeral Health Savings Account.

]]> By: Devon Herrick http://healthblog.ncpa.org/one-patient%e2%80%99s-experience-in-an-emergency-room/comment-page-1/#comment-39291 Devon Herrick Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:59:03 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=628#comment-39291 Here is a headline that appears on the obituary page of today’s Dallas Morning News: "58-Year-Old Died After Waiting 19 Hours To Be Seen at Parkland." Here is a headline that appears on the obituary page of today’s Dallas Morning News:

“58-Year-Old Died After Waiting 19 Hours To Be Seen at Parkland.”

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