Actually, I googled that and saw what you were talking about. However I found that there is more recent evidence that suggests that ER visits have been dropping now.
Emergency Department Visits Down For First Time Since Health Reform, Survey Finds | CommonHealth
I wouldn't put a great deal of faith in the report you found....it claims drop in usage from 2006-2010...
...but that is far from what the Boston Globe reported.
Questions raised about healthcare law's impact on overuse
By Liz Kowalczyk
Globe Staff / April 24, 2009
More people are seeking care in hospital emergency rooms, and the cost of caring for ER patients has
soared 17 percent over two years, despite efforts to direct patients with nonurgent problems to primary care doctors instead, according to new
state data. ER visits, costs in Mass. climb - The Boston Globe
ER visits, costs in Mass. climb - The Boston Globe
So your story from 2009 is credible but the one I posted from June of 2012 is not?
Your data is out of date. What I posted acknowledged that the numbers weren't dropping previously, but now they are.
This is why people don't take you seriously. You can't be honest long enough to have a real conversation.
1. Boston Globe....state data.
Up 17%.
A liberal paper quoting state data...and the conclusion nowhere near your article.
That's why.
2. "This is why people don't take you seriously. You can't be honest long enough..."
Really? Did you interview every one ?
Or is this "reporting" on the level of elementary-school gossip: "Everyone hates you"?
Clearly your juvenile complaint is the kind one uses upon realizing they have lost the argument.
3. And....let's add more fuel to the fire:
a.
50 days to see a doctor in BostonÂ…Is MassachusettsÂ’ universal coverage laws the cause?
June 9, 2009 in Current Events, Health Insurance, Supply of Medical Services, Wait Times
From the USA Today, here are the wait times to see a doctor in the following cities:
• Boston: 49.6
• Philadelphia: 27
• Los Angeles: 24.2
• Houston: 23.4
• Washington, D.C.: 22.6
• San Diego 20.2
• Minneapolis: 19.8
• Dallas: 19.2
• New York: 19.2
• Denver: 15.4 days
• Miami: 15.4 days
50 days to see a doctor in Boston…Is Massachusetts’ universal coverage laws the cause? « Healthcare Economist
b. Advocates promised that the Massachusetts plan would make health insurance more affordable, but according to a Cato study,
insurance premiums have been increasing at nearly double the national average: 7.4 percent in 2007, 8 percent to 12 percent in 2008, and an expected 9 percent increase this year. Health insurance in Massachusetts costs an average of $16,897 for a family of four, compared to a national average of $12,700.
The costs to the taxpayers are rising, too, and one tax increase has not satisfied the appetite of the hungry plan. The prospect of huge deficits has elicited discussion of cuts in reimbursements to providers and the imposition of a "global budget," which is a euphemism for rationing.
Massachusetts Health Care: A Model Not to Copy
c. The results hold important lessons for the legislation moving through Congress, say Yelowitz and Cannon. As in Massachusetts,
there has been no effort to estimate the cost of the private health insurance mandates that legislation would impose on individuals and employers. The costs may therefore be far greater than legislators and voters believe, while the benefits may be smaller than the conventional wisdom about Massachusetts suggests.
Source: Aaron Yelowitz and Michael F. Cannon, "The Massachusetts Health Plan: Much Pain, Little Gain," Cato Institute, Policy Analysis no. 657, January 19, 2010.
For text:
The Massachusetts Health Plan: Much Pain, Little Gain | Aaron Yelowitz and Michael F. Cannon | Cato Institute: Policy Analysis
d. . Massachusetts Health Care Law Does Not Curb Costs
Five years after Gov. Mitt Romney signed Massachusetts' groundbreaking health care legislation, it has met its chief goal of extending insurance coverage to most residents -- but with
costs rising faster than inflation, lawmakers face the challenge of how to pay for it all. Although the law has extended coverage, it has done little to fundamentally change the way consumers shop for health care, which analysts say is the only lasting solution to ballooning costs, reports the Washington Times.
Now, both plans face questions over how to pay for their reforms over the coming decades.
Source: Paige Winfield Cunningham, "Health Coverage, Rates Rise in Massachusetts," Washington Times, August 16, 2011.
For text:
Health coverage, rates rise in Massachusetts - Washington Times
And this is the plan that you and Obama tout as the model???
One of you is a dim-wit, the other a liar.
You see, the above is the reason you make the bogus claim "This is why people don't take you seriously."
You hide behind said claim because I can roll you up and smoke you like a Cuban cigar.
