Ok, so she's not going on the principal of it. I get that, but it's no reason for healthcare reform since I hate to point out the obvious to her, but if you can wait through the weekend knowing it's not broken then it probably wasn't an emergency to begin with now was it. The 100.00 fee was probably there to encourage people who could really wait to wait. BTW, usually if you call your doctor's office first you can get that 100 bucks waived by the insurance company. They know you have checked in, the doctor doesn't have weekend hours and has REFERRED you to the ER. I'm not sure what they do, but I think the triage for insurance and care must mark something on their forms that says doctor referral and it makes a difference, but I think the doctor will still have to sign or approve it when it comes to waiving it so no fudging it for the dummies looking to fraud out on that.
And to top it all off, she can afford the damn fee. Wtf does she need 'free' healthcare? So she has even MORE discretionary income to buy purses and cruises and charity groceries?

Sadly, I think she is the norm of why people want 'free' 'necessities'. They want more discretionary income--it's not even that they can't afford the necessities, they just don't want to have to pay for them. Pitiful.
Anyone notice she is in 'pain' again. Need more meds?