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Nation’s Emergency Physicians Offer Solutions to Ailing Emergency Care System
House and Senate introduce new legislation- “Access to Emergency Medical Services Act” At D.C. Press Conference
ACEP calls for Immediate Passage and Congressional Hearings
New Poll Finds Patients Facing Increased Risks Due to Economic Crisis and Failing Health Care System
The nation’s recession and mounting job losses are playing out first in emergency departments, where the newly uninsured are turning for care, hastening a call to action from Senate and House sponsors of the “Access to Emergency Medical Services Act” and dozens of early co-sponsors.
In a poll of emergency physicians, 83% of the 1,700 who responded said they are seeing more patients who have lost their jobs and health insurance, and 88% said they’re treating patients who’ve been turned away for care somewhere else. In the same poll, 73% of responding physicians said they’ve seen patients with serious medical consequences because of delayed care. The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) gives the nation a D minus for its lack of support for patients’ access to emergency medical care and calls for immediate passage and congressional hearings for the “Access to Emergency Medical Services Act.”
In this accompanying video members of congress and the ACEP comment on the proposed legislation and the problem facing the uninsured.
About - ACEP: ACEP is a national medical specialty society representing emergency medicine with nearly 27,000 members. ACEP is committed to advancing emergency care through continuing education, research and public education. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, ACEP has 53 chapters representing each state, as well as Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. A government services chapter represents emergency physicians employed by military branches and other government agencies.
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American College of Emergency Physicians