Emergency doctors are suing California over low Medi-Cal payments in Orange County.
With California already in a tremendous budget crisis, this is adding salt on an open wound. As quoted in the article:
“It alleges that ER doctors subsidized state Medi-Cal with more than $100 million in care in 2007″
This is definitely an issue that needs to be addressed by the new administration. As the article stated, there are a lot of individuals that are willing to bypass the regular maintenance checkup and let burden fall up emergency room.
As a patient, I have the experience of waiting for hours in the ER prior to seeing a doctor. As a health care IT professional, I see that one of the most crucial area of focus is emergency and surgical room usage. This disparity will only grow larger and it is one of the urgent matter that needs to be addressed by the administration. All more need to push for affordable universal health care.