The free-standing, independent ERs are the way to go. I've been to two of them and received excellent care without a wait. Yes, you have to pay on your way out, but again, they are a business, not the free clinic. Our hospital ERs are overrun with non-paying "patients" using it as their PCP for non-emergencies, most of the time, so something had to be done. These ERs saw a need and they filled it.
@donnatella: Exactly and with my cancer medication and my daughter and her asthma and prone to colds that escalate I am glad they are there.
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