I had never thought I would be the victim of the same health system I work in as a pharmacist. My first pregnancy was lost mid-term and I was told that my next pregnancy would be treated as a high-risk one. Sure enough, one year later, I was at the high risk OB/GYN MD’s office asking him to take preventive action. Of course, my husband and I were dismissed as though we were some stupid people with no intelligence. Four and a half months went by with repeated pleas from our side and a mute doctor on the other end. We couldn’t change doctors (only 2 high risk MDs at the facility and a bad experience with the 1st one already) or insurance – middle of the pregnancy and the year. And then, I visited the ER on a Friday night. Even after reading my previous history and increased abdominal pressure, the regular OB/GYN MD I saw that night, didn’t seem it fit enough to admit me or call my high risk MD. It was after-hours and then a long weekend – he couldn’t be called – C’mon, my insurance was going to pay him. Well, I was sent home and two days later, I had a miscarriage on a Sunday. Again no MD, the on-call MD and the nurses at the L&D unit thought I was fooling around with my contractions….Why can’t we in the USA have a free access to the doctors and the medical care – insurance or no insurance?? Why doesn’t the health system realize that diseases don’t wait for weekdays – anything can happen anytime?? Why doesn’t the system realize that ER is overburdened during after hours and weekend/holidays and that regular/specialist doctors should be available readily at all times?