In general, if you're not going to die in the next 3 hours, don't go to an ER. Because of the laws surrounding ER care [0] and the fact that most hospitals wit

In general, if you're not going to die in the next 3 hours, don't go to an ER. Because of the laws surrounding ER care [0] and the fact that most hospitals with ERs are Trauma I & last resort, almost all operate in triage all the time. The end result is that if you're not critical, you get care once they have enough time. And they never have enough time. Because they never have enough people. Recommendations: only consider ERs in wealthy suburbs (where they'll be less overloaded with last-resort patients), go to an urgent care center (and expect to be screwed on price), or a walk-in doctor's office (best option). [0] EMTALA, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Medical_Treatment_and_Active_Labor_Act https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Medical_Treatment_...