The point is that CONTRARY to what the White House claimed, crapcare IS NOT going to reduce the cost of health care.
We can all say that we knew it wouldn't. That's fine.
But, one of the reasons it was passed in the first place was supposedly because it would result in lower costs in either the premiums or the care itself. NEITHER IS GOING TO HAPPEN since most people are enrolling in MEDICAID. So this law will make IT MORE EXPENSIVE THAN WHAT WE ALREADY HAD.
This law is a failure. PERIOD!
http://dailycaller.com/2014/01/03/harvard-study-medicaid-actually-increases-er-visits/#!
A
Harvard University study published Thursday concludes
that Medicaid enrollment significantly boosts emergency room visits.This is in direct contradiction to the Obama administration’s claims that his healthcare reform law would put a dent in costly visits to the ER as a way to cut spending.Harvard researchers had a unique opportunity in Oregon’s 2008 Medicaid expansion. The state had limited funding to expand the program and established a lottery to decide who would get coverage. The study followed the healthcare consumption of those that won Medicaid coverage and those in the lottery that didn’t.
As it turns out,
there was a 40 percent increase in ER visits by those who made it into Medicaid. Medicaid patients went to the emergency department 1.43 times in 18 months on average, while lottery hopefuls that didn’t make it into the program only made an average of 1.02 visits.
And what’s more, the increased visits are for the same primary care services that President Barack Obama singled out as a factor Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion would cut down on. Researchers found no decline in ER visits for smaller ailments such as colds and flus, which would be better treated by primary care physicians instead.
