Dr. Lynn Blewett

Life does happen.

Life does happen.

Well, if you're suffering a heart attack, You know, this is so terrible. I would, you know, have your loved one take you down to the ER. Once you're in the ER, they have to, there's a law that requires them to assess you. And if you are an emergency patient, If it's emergent, they have to treat you at the hospital. They can't transfer you or say we're not going to treat you.

Well, if you're suffering a heart attack, You know, this is so terrible. I would, you know, have your loved one take you down to the ER. Once you're in the ER, they have to, there's a law that requires them to assess you. And if you are an emergency patient, If it's emergent, they have to treat you at the hospital. They can't transfer you or say we're not going to treat you.

So if your heart attack is imminent, get you down there. Now, I kind of stopped short of saying take an ambulance because I'm thinking the ambulance would probably charge you for that ride. So if you need an ambulance, absolutely go get it.

So if your heart attack is imminent, get you down there. Now, I kind of stopped short of saying take an ambulance because I'm thinking the ambulance would probably charge you for that ride. So if you need an ambulance, absolutely go get it.

Or where I should go.

Or where I should go.

They have to get to an ER and then they'd assess whether it's emergent or non-emergent. And if it's not emergent, they can deny you care or send you down to HCMC, which does happen. So if it's non-emergent, you can go, if someone came to me and said, I'm having these heart issues, I'd say go to Westside Clinic or the Northside one. And that's a FQHC and get assessed by a primary care doc there.

They have to get to an ER and then they'd assess whether it's emergent or non-emergent. And if it's not emergent, they can deny you care or send you down to HCMC, which does happen. So if it's non-emergent, you can go, if someone came to me and said, I'm having these heart issues, I'd say go to Westside Clinic or the Northside one. And that's a FQHC and get assessed by a primary care doc there.

And they can help you with a treatment plan and figure out what you need to do.

And they can help you with a treatment plan and figure out what you need to do.

Well, and the ER does become the default for many people because it's open 24-7. It's open on the weekends. It's, you know, it's visit where you know a hospital has one.

Well, and the ER does become the default for many people because it's open 24-7. It's open on the weekends. It's, you know, it's visit where you know a hospital has one.

Yeah, the foster care issue, that's very sad.

Yeah, the foster care issue, that's very sad.

Well, I think... You know, we're kind of, I think the Affordable Care Act was probably the last federal piece of legislation that we're going to have for a long time. And so I think the next iteration or the next incremental changes, I think our healthcare system has, as I've learned over time, it's been, we make changes kind of incrementally.

Well, I think... You know, we're kind of, I think the Affordable Care Act was probably the last federal piece of legislation that we're going to have for a long time. And so I think the next iteration or the next incremental changes, I think our healthcare system has, as I've learned over time, it's been, we make changes kind of incrementally.

And that's, we make progress, but we also complicate the system more. So we build on what exists rather than fixing the problems and then changing them. So one of the reasons everything's so complicated is because you know, we add on to what we already have, but that's just the way it is. So, you know, so we expanded Medicaid. That's part of the Affordable Care Act.

And that's, we make progress, but we also complicate the system more. So we build on what exists rather than fixing the problems and then changing them. So one of the reasons everything's so complicated is because you know, we add on to what we already have, but that's just the way it is. So, you know, so we expanded Medicaid. That's part of the Affordable Care Act.