In the last 25 or so years, the same scenario has happened to people I know.  They go in seeking help because they know something is wrong, only to be told we can't find anything or make an appointment with your primary care doctor tomorrow.  For five of them, tomorrow never came.

In 1993 my 83-year-old mother fell early one morning breaking a bone in the hand.  As I was already on my way out to their house I transported her to the ER.  They treated the break as if she was a 30-year-old and not an 83-year-old in fragile health.  I knew...and she knew she should not have been sent home as she knew her body better than the doctors.  We tried to get her admitted but were told insurance wouldn't cover it.  What they don't seem to tell anyone is just because insurance does not cover it does not mean you are not in need of treatment.  (I see that with drugs a lot.  People are told insurance does not cover it, so they do without)

Long story short.  Took her home and next evening she died.

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