When Urgent Care Is the Right Choice
My instinct is to always head to the urgent care (assuming my primary care isn’t open) because for most of my life, I’ve luckily had insurance and/ or a couple of hundred bucks for a deposit. Remember: unlike an ER, which is legally required to stabilize you, an urgent care is a private business and can refuse you if you cannot guarantee payment.
However, if you have insurance or the required deposit, urgent care facilities tend to be much less expensive and have a fraction of the waiting time. That’s why I’d be tempted to go there with a spear through my head (which is an ER issue, I’m afraid)…