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Average Family Healthcare Premiums Jump More Than 25 Percent Since 2004

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I don't understand the justification of going to the emergency room because one doesn't have "healthcare." What's wrong with paying for a regular doctor visit out of the pocket like I would?

Duda of AL 2:41AM March 30, 2010

"My health care cost hasn't gone up because I take care of myself and continue to have a job"
Good for you, but not all of our loved ones have a job in this economy. P.S.: Tell me how staying healthy goes when you get into a car wreck or are mauled by a wild animal, for examples.
"The cost increase has a lot to do with the people that use the emergency room as their primary care and have no insurance."
A lot of people that use emergency rooms do so also because they cannot afford insurance or the preventive doctor check ups. This offers that insurance you keep citing.
"Shutting down the borders and kick every law breaking alien out of the country would reduce the overall health care cost dramatically."
How do you hope to be able to achieve this? It would be extremely invasive to get every illegal immigrant, as you can imagine. Searching homes, for example. We already ship them out as it is. Imagine the resources (read: tax dollars) you would need to fund the forces to track them all down. You can't even offer this as a plausible solution in a time of which states are rapidly letting go of police and other basic needs.
(I realise the comment is old, but really? There is so many holes in this that I cannot let others looking up information to cite in school projects just walk away without some creative thinking here.)

ZK of MI 6:25PM November 18, 2009

My health care cost hasn't gone up because I take care of myself and continue to have a job. The cost increase has a lot to do with the people that use the emergency room as their primary care and have no insurance. Shutting down the borders and kick every law breaking alien out of the country would reduce the overall health care cost dramatically.
But none of the Libs want to talk about the facts, they just want to tax everyone s we can pay for everyone that is irresponsible.
I for one am sick and tired of working to provide for all the losers in America, step up or step out.

Lary of CA 10:23AM April 03, 2009

I am self-employed and saw my health care insurance go from $120 a month and $100 deductible to almost $600 a month and $1000 deductible in 9 yrs. That doesn’t cover my annual medical exams that don’t meet the $1000 deductible, eye exams, dentist exams or dental treatment, prescriptions, co-payments for each doctor’s visit, medical costs for alternative medicine (e.g. acupuncture not covered, surgery that was avoided by using acupuncture would be covered), or the medical expenses (20% contribution required) after the $1000 deductible is met for actual medical treatment required. Has anyone looked at the cost of emergency care recently for a day (thousands of dollars), a day in the hospital (thousands of dollars), tests taken in the hospital (thousands of dollars), more tests taken (thousands of dollars), etc? We need to get health care costs down now. Preventative health care and more alternative medical coverage would be a good start. Let’s work on getting our population healthy. Marcia Schurer, Ed.D. author, FitDelicious™: Lose the Pounds, Not the Taste; Food Intelligence Tools™ for Healthy and Delicious Eating

Marcia Schurer of IL 10:14AM April 03, 2009