“No. There are NO “free” services or goods. The correct term is TAXPAYER-FUNDED.”
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That is one thing (of several) that ticks me off about the media. Surely at least one editor should realize that the services are not “free”. The costs are simply transferred elsewhere. Since Obamacare, my GP co-pay has doubled and my specialist co-pay has more than doubled. Also, I have to see my doctor twice a year to get my BP meds refilled, so that’s an extra co-pay. My prescription prices have also increased.
Also since the law passed, the waits for getting physician appointments has gotten longer and longer each year. Large hospitals have bought up all the small physician groups since they had no choice if they wanted to keep practicing. The newer regulations practically forced them to do so.
A hospital bought out a specialty group I was seeing three times a year, and they began billing my visits as an “out-patient hospital visit” with a $250 co-pay each visit. The doctor, nor the type of service changed, simply the owner of the facility.
I have heard of no one whose medical costs have gone down since the ACA passed. No one at all.
TANSTAAFL