Who wants to euthanize 9 people in Austin???

[AlisoBob]

9 patients made nearly 2,700 ER visits in Texas


AUSTIN, Texas – Just nine people accounted for nearly 2,700 of the emergency room visits in the Austin area during the past six years at a cost of $3 million to taxpayers and others, according to a report.

The patients went to hospital emergency rooms 2,678 times from 2003 through 2008, said the report from the nonprofit Integrated Care Collaboration, a group of health care providers who care for low-income and uninsured patients.

"What we're really trying to do is find out who's using our emergency rooms ... and find solutions," said Ann Kitchen, executive director of the group, which presented the report last week to the Travis County Healthcare District board.

The average emergency room visit costs $1,000. Hospitals and taxpayers paid the bill through government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, Kitchen said.

Eight of the nine patients have drug abuse problems, seven were diagnosed with mental health issues and three were homeless. Five are women whose average age is 40, and four are men whose average age is 50, the report said, the Austin American-Statesman reported Wednesday.

"It's a pretty significant issue," said Dr. Christopher Ziebell, chief of the emergency department at University Medical Center at Brackenridge, which has the busiest ERs in the area.

Solutions include referring some frequent users to mental health programs or primary care doctors for future care, Ziebell said.


I have a 9mm solution....

[lewisclan]

no shit thats over once a week.

[jbird_710]

I'd like to see statistics on the cost of treating the illegal aliens in the sanctuary cities. Bet it would make the the above stats look like nothing.

[AlisoBob]

I'd like to see statistics on the cost of treating the illegal aliens

Treating , Feeding, Educating, Imprisioning,


Its like 800 kazillion-mobillion dollars.

Its fuckin' sick when we have tax paying citizens living like this....

[100hp honda]

the government made it clear, they want illegals here. the only state im aware of that is doing alittle tiny bit to rid their self of illegals is AZ. the rest of the states seem content with 22 million illegals. not much we can do . alot of californias financial problem is directly related to all the illegals

[hoofarted]

the government made it clear, they want illegals here. the only state im aware of that is doing alittle tiny bit to rid their self of illegals is AZ. the rest of the states seem content with 22 million illegals. not much we can do . alot of californias financial problem is directly related to all the illegals

So fucking true! Cut all the damn programs and voila! No more deficit! Stupid whiny liberal cunts - all trying to be humane. Yeah, AZ is the only state that has any balls. Wonder if we could have the LA back from WWII era. They used to have some stones themselves.

[iggys-amsoil]

I'd like to see statistics on the cost of treating the illegal aliens

Its fuckin' sick when we have tax paying citizens living like this....

Not to bag on this, the poverty level, so they say is $15,600, so anyone making that or less does not pay into the system.