[tmaly]

I had to visit the ER in Philippines.

In US we sit there for 5-7 hours and see a nurse practitioner.

In Philippines we were in an out in 2 hours and saw two doctors.

[cafard]

My last trip to the ER was in 2010. Probably because I had good health insurance, they saw me quickly (less than half an hour), cleaned me up, maybe glued a cut, and I was done.

This was in the US, just outside Washington, DC.