Better question: Why don't more hospitals starts turning people away for all the mundane shit they go for?
Awww, your kid has the sniffles??? I'm sorry, but why the fuck did you bring them to the hospital to waste doctors' precious time?!?!?! You realize there are HUNDREDS of cheaper over-the-counter medicines that can help simple cold/flu/fever/headache/nausea symptoms....right?
By taking your kid to the doctor, they are going to overprescribe some ridiculously stronger-than-necessary medication that will ultimately do what nyquil woulda done anyway, only cost you (and everyone else) more fucking money.
Stop being a bunch of hypochondriacs and only go to the hospital if it's a life threatening emergency. Everyone's health insurance premiums will decrease as a result.
Too bad such a dream is impossible.....considering America is saturated in obese elderly people who need to go to the fucking doctors office every week because they have breathing problems or restless leg syndrome or some shit.
On the contrary, many people--including myself--never go to the doctor, even when we really should, because we know we can't afford it. ---