Health Care Reform; Said To Decrease Emergency Room Care May Actually Increase It

The original thought was that the nationalized health care plan being suggested by President Obama would lower the number of visits made to hospital emergency rooms each day given that those who seek emergency room care for routine health issues would now have the health insurance coverage that they need to schedule regular doctor visits.  Taking a look at the bigger picture on the other hand, uncovers a frightening concept and the new health care plan could in fact cause an increase in the number of non-emergency, emergency room visits everyday.
 
A closer look at the current health care structure actually reveals that those individuals without medical insurance, within the US, actually utilize the emergency room less frequently than individuals who are currently on Medicare and Medicaid, and the primary reason is because Medicare and Medicaid pay very little to providers for the care that the dispense to these patients and as a result doctor's are more apt to turn them away at the office.  This leaves them with no option but to head to the ER in seek of regular care. 
 
Under the suggested plan many of those who are living with no insurance would be covered under Medicaid or some subdivision of this branch of the health care system and as a result they would also be discriminated against when trying to visit a physician in his/her office.  This would ultimately increase the amount of individuals being attended to in the nation's emergency rooms. 
 
A closer look at the proposal delivers further reason for concern as it offers no plan to raise the number of providers, while it considerably. promises to increase the number of patients in the system.  This will give rise to physician's offices being overbooked and turning away patients that require care and these patients will need to also turn to the emergency room physicians as their key care physicians.
 
Overall, even though the health care reform does cause some to hope, there are undoubtedly a few imperfections in the plan.  As doctors become crowed with patients they will most likely become selective trying to accommodate those patients with the finest insurance plans first, and thus leaving the rest out in the cold.  This brings about a very important question: Is there actually any hope for improving the medical care system in this country?

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