I've told you before that this entire premise of insuring the uninsured to lower healthcare costs is a lie. My own congressman sent me a letter telling me that the uninsured don't get primary care and then end up in the emergency room. This costs us all tons of money. Having a husband in the major emergency room, the one the congressman cited, I knew this for the lie it was. He is constantly bombarded by demanding, entitled patients who don't care what their visit costs because they are insured, usually with medicaid. But, I don't believe in using anecdotal evidence to argue in favor of universal positions. That's why I always seek to find studies and evidence. I have pointed out in the past that when Massachusetts universalized coverage, ER visits went up.
Today, I have an even more telling study. Do the uninsured go to the Emergency Room more than those of us with insurance?
No.
Check out this article.
What else did the study find? Those with government insurance are much more likely to have multiple ER visits in a year than those with private insurance. You mean that those of us responsible for ourselves don't go to the ER for non-emergencies? That's so odd. Who would have ever considered that old fashioned accountability would matter. Well, who, besides those of use still independent and responsible? Take heart! There are some of us left. (Well, actually right-but we're here)
So what's going to end up happening here? More people, the same doctors. Well, at least we have job security. This might not be so comforting to those of you that don't have a doctor in your home. We have recently been told by the CBO that this health care law will cost much more than originally stated. We know that insurance companies and businesses are going to be hit hard by the new regulation, resulting in more fees and less jobs. Now we find out that the "cost lowering" factor is a lie. Is there anything that congress told us that was true?
Vote em out!
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