END EMERGENCY ROOM/HOSPITAL PREJUDICE AGAINST LOW INCOME PATIENTS!

    I HAVE HAD TO ENDURE COUNTLESS EMERGENCY DEPT. ADMISSIONS OVER THE LAST 5 YEARS OR SO, DUE TO VARIOUS SIGNS OF WHAT ULTIMATELY HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS BRAIN, BONE, & BLADDER CANCERS. DUE TO MY YOUNG AGE (41), & MY INCOME BRACKET AT THE TIME, THE DOCTORS AND HOSPITALS WHICH I'D BEGUN TO FREQUENT WITH 104°F+ FEVERS BECAME INCREASINGLY PREJUDICE AND COLD TOWARDS ME. DESPITE THERE BEING LAWS IN CALIFORNIA AGAINST SUCH BEHAVIOR, IT WAS A CONSTANT BARRIER TO MY OBTAINING PROPER MEDICAL CARE. I HAD EVERY PORTION OF THE CHAIN OF COMMAND, FROM CNAs UP TO PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, LITERALLY NOT ADMINISTERING MEDICATIONS FOR PAIN WHICH HAD BEEN ORDERED ON TO EVEN THEM MAKING ME DRESS BACK INTO MY STREET CLOTHES AND THEN CLAIMING TO THE TRUE OVERSEEING PHYSICIAN THAT I HAD WISHED TO LEAVE AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE. IF ENOUGH PEOPLE SIGN A PETITION TO HAVE E.R. STAFF MONITORED CLOSER FOR SIGNS OF ABUSE/MISTREATMENT OF ESPECIALLY HOMELESS/LOW INCOME POPULATIONS. THERE WOULD BE LESS PEOPLE DYING SO SOON AFTER CANCER DIAGNOSIS, AS IT WOULD BE PROPERLY MITIGATED AT A MUCH EARLIER STAGE THEREFORE BETTERING THE CHANCE FOR RECOVERY OR AT LEAST REMISSION. INSTEAD OF ALWAYS SUSPECTING A DRUG ABUSE ISSUE, THE PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH VERY REAL MEDICAL PROBLEMS WOULD BE TREATED MUCH MORE FAIR.
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