Why are the emergency rooms so packed?

UPMC Harrisburg I get because it’s downtown but all these satellite emergency rooms are seemingly always full with long wait times. Is it patient overflow or staff shortages? A little bit of both? There’s got to be eight hospitals within 30 min of my house plus urgent cares (I know they close at 8).

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u/Norfolk-Gross-Tonage — 16 days ago