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by glenstein 1174 days ago
I am also fully insured and I have never once heard of emergency rooms with an average wait time of 30 minutes in the United States.
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cmiles74 1174 days ago
ProPublica has a tool that will provide the average wait time for hospitals in your area.

https://projects.propublica.org/emergency/

Where I live, all in driving distance have an average wait time more than 2.5 hours.

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oogali 1174 days ago
I've waited hours in NYC.

I've waited less than an hour in New Jersey and Connecticut.

When I still lived in NYC, I resolved that if I needed a hospital but I wasn't in extremely bad shape, I would drive an hour into an adjacent state's ER rather than wait in NYC.

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nobodyandproud 1174 days ago
Call 911 and get an ambulance.
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kevviiinn 1173 days ago
That's a good way to spend $6000
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oogali 1173 days ago
It's about $500-1,000.

Coming in via an ambulance doesn't trigger some sort of re-prioritzation, if you're not suffering from something that is immediately life threatening.

In most NYC hospitals, you will end up in a secondary waiting area that lies just beyond the regular ER doors.

Good luck if it's a Saturday night.

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