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Yet another myth debunked, and another example of how much BETTER this system is than the old one:
"The study, published today in the journal Science, finds that adult Medicaid beneficiaries rely on emergency rooms about 40 percent more than similar uninsured adults.
When you cover the uninsured, emergency room use goes up by a large magnitude, said Amy Finkelstein, a health economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who served as a lead investigator on the study, in an MIT press statement accompanying the study.
"There were no exceptions to the trend. In no case were we able to find any subpopulations, or type of conditions, for which Medicaid caused a significant decrease in emergency department use, said Finkelstein.
Weve seen real-world evidence that Medicaid increases emergency room utilization before, in states like California. But the Oregon study should settle any lingering debate."
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These results, reported by Peter Suderman at Reason, were reported in the journal Science and are based on the Medicaid study in Oregon that made news in May for showing Medicaid patients had no material health improvements over the uninsured."
Go figure. Where have I heard that before?
Oh yeah, me and the millions of people who said BEFORE the law was passed that this was the reality.
Not what Obammy told you. This.
Assholes. Enjoy your free medical. You get what you pay for.
And now nobody else can have anything decent, either.
Study: Medicaid patients use emergency room more, not less « Hot Air
"The study, published today in the journal Science, finds that adult Medicaid beneficiaries rely on emergency rooms about 40 percent more than similar uninsured adults.
When you cover the uninsured, emergency room use goes up by a large magnitude, said Amy Finkelstein, a health economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who served as a lead investigator on the study, in an MIT press statement accompanying the study.
"There were no exceptions to the trend. In no case were we able to find any subpopulations, or type of conditions, for which Medicaid caused a significant decrease in emergency department use, said Finkelstein.
Weve seen real-world evidence that Medicaid increases emergency room utilization before, in states like California. But the Oregon study should settle any lingering debate."
"
These results, reported by Peter Suderman at Reason, were reported in the journal Science and are based on the Medicaid study in Oregon that made news in May for showing Medicaid patients had no material health improvements over the uninsured."
Go figure. Where have I heard that before?
Oh yeah, me and the millions of people who said BEFORE the law was passed that this was the reality.
Not what Obammy told you. This.
Assholes. Enjoy your free medical. You get what you pay for.
And now nobody else can have anything decent, either.
Study: Medicaid patients use emergency room more, not less « Hot Air
