For-profit hospitals seem to be entering a game that nonprofit hospitals in the Triangle have already long been playing: Urgent Care.

Health care experts nearly unanimously agree that one of the big drivers of health care costs in the United States has been from emergency room visits for non-emergent reasons. People get bumps, bruises or minor cuts and go to the emergency room, which is really meant for major incidents. Because these ERs have such expensive equipment – useful for major injuries,…