In my experience, the actual medical treatment time is quite short. It is the gathering of all the extensive information for billing and payment that takes all

In my experience, the actual medical treatment time is quite short. It is the gathering of all the extensive information for billing and payment that takes all the time, from those that have the means, or insurance to pay. They need to gather enough info on you to fuel the bill collectors in other cases... EMTALA[1] did not come for free after all. So, the bills from the numerous amount of freeloaders, non-payers, charity cases, and other people using the ER as a primary care doc still need to be paid [2] , [3] [1] https://www.emra.org/emresident/article/emtala/ https://www.emra.org/emresident/article/emtala/ [2] https://www.healthline.com/health-news/medical-care-in-emergency-rooms https://www.healthline.com/health-news/medical-care-in-emerg... [3] https://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2018/02/26/how-american-citizens-finance-health-care-for-undocumented-immigrants/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2018/02/26/how-am...