Steve Price: Music
Have a Seat
(Steve Price)
The Emergency Room is the gateway to primary care for many Americans without health insurance. This practice is an expensive, inefficient and inappropriate use of an important resource. It is an indicator of big problems in our system. This is satire on the matter.
Will you please sign in? ….
we see you’re injured
Will you please sign in? ……
we’d like to know your name
Your finance source …
Will greatly help us
To decide how to plan your clinical course
What’s that you say …
yes, we see you’re injured
Will you please sign in …
We’d like to know your name
Scared for your life?
We’re not your doctor
We’d like to know the details of your life
You’re feeling faint?
Can you stay awake, sir?
Will you please sign in?
We’d like to know your name
What’s that you say?
You’re unemployed now
I’m sorry sir there’ll be a short delay
Healthcare’s not for sissies …
it’s not for everyone
We have big expenses
if you’re old or if you’re young
We have big equipment
and fancy meeting rooms
Healthcare is big business
and the board is meeting soon
I’m sorry sir we have a problem
Are you awake?
Can you say your name?
You’ll have to pay
to see our doctor
We’d like to have the cash up front today
Please have a seat ….
We know you’re injured
Yes, it’s been three hours ….
Yes, we know your name
Perhaps you’ll shift …
to the place across town
It’s open now,
I hope you get our drift