Could Healthcare Reform Stop This?

This weekend my littlest boy broke his arm. That's not the bad thing though, that was just the beginning.

My husband took the little guy to the Emergency room, it was after 5:00 so we didn't have any other choice. That wait wasn't bad. It's a thirty minute drive to the hospital, and he was back in about an hour and a half. Now one thing I did have a problem with was the constant barrage of why do people let their kids ride ATVs? That's my business thank you very much, and yes he does wear a helmet, and yes he has been taught how to do things in a safe manner. In fact, if the nurses had listened, my little boy was being to cautious and that's what caused the accident. He didn't want to run over the ant hill and kill the ants, so he swung the handle bars around to fast to avoid them and wham he fell off and broke his arm right above the elbow. Anyways, like I said, that's not where all the trouble really began.

Monday morning we get an appointment to get his cast put on. We show up early to fill out paperwork. Fine, I understand that. 1:15 was the time of the appointment, we showed up about thirty minutes early. All paperwork was filled out and turned in by 1:00. Then the wait began. Another couple walked in after we turned in our paperwork, they got called back at 1:20. We were still in the waiting room. 1:40, the nurse comes out and tells us we can go back into the examination room. All 3 boys, my husband and myself are waiting. And waiting. And waiting. And waiting some more. Finally at 3:30 a nurse practitioner shows up and takes us to a computer to see the x-rays from Friday. After he showed us the crack, he tells us where the cast room is and away we go. The nurse practitioner and two other ladies start the casting on the boys arm. They are about 80% done when the doctor decides maybe he should see us. The extend of his conversation, word for word was, "Come back in 3 weeks and we'll take a look at it and either remove the cast for good, or put a new one on for a couple more weeks. Have a good day".