Comment: Government-run (“single payer”) systems reduce emergency room costs, saving money, right? Isn’t that what President Obama promised? Think again…
“Almost six million patients a year are turning to Accident & Emergency departments because they cannot get an appointment with their GP, new research suggests.
A landmark study reveals soaring numbers of patients arriving at casualty units – with one quarter of patients in England doing so because they could not get help from their local practice.”
One in four A&E patients failed to get a GP appointment
By Laura Donnelly, Health Editor, 6:30AM BST 30 Jun 2014