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Despite Obamacare's Expanded Coverage, More Patients Going to the ER
CNS ^ | July 2, 2014 | Barbara Hollingsworth

Posted on 07/05/2014 9:04:24 AM PDT by xzins

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“Hospitals are closing left and right, and all that volume has to go somewhere,” he said, predicting that health care in the U.S. will be “rationed” within the next decade.
1 posted on 07/05/2014 9:04:24 AM PDT by xzins
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“We get daily pressure to do more with less, and to see your patient in seven minutes or less, get your patient out of the emergency department. They’re always telling you to move, move move and see more patients in the same amount of time,” he told CNSNews.com.


2 posted on 07/05/2014 9:04:57 AM PDT by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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This country is pretty much over. We have been ruined. I can hardly stand to hear about this stuff anymore. We have waited too long. Six years is all it took. I really don’t believe anyone can stop this miserable dive.

Unreal


3 posted on 07/05/2014 9:07:41 AM PDT by dforest
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Less care, at a lower quality and a higher cost. Gotta hand it to Obama, he really fixed that Healthcare problem.


4 posted on 07/05/2014 9:07:58 AM PDT by fhayek
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This country is pretty much over. We have been ruined.

I cannot bring myself to disagree with you ... sadly.

5 posted on 07/05/2014 9:15:25 AM PDT by The Duke ("Forgiveness is between them and God, it's my job to arrange the meeting.")
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NOTHING_TO_SHOW_FOR_IT_PING!


6 posted on 07/05/2014 9:15:59 AM PDT by The Duke ("Forgiveness is between them and God, it's my job to arrange the meeting.")
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“Expanded coverage”? B.S. The only coverage that’s expanding under Obama is the NSA, IRS, & HHS violations of our Constitutional rights.


7 posted on 07/05/2014 9:17:39 AM PDT by PapaNew
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This is terrible. Where are the illegal aliens going to get primary care if everyone else starts mis-using the ER?


8 posted on 07/05/2014 9:19:48 AM PDT by skeeter
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Death panels as Sarah predicted. Maybe Krauthammer needs to leave the room.


9 posted on 07/05/2014 9:21:52 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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Since Charles is a doc, he can treat himself. :>)

I’m thinking they’ll declare conservatism a mental defect and allow the death panels to be pro-active.


10 posted on 07/05/2014 9:31:33 AM PDT by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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You didn’t get the memo...NSA will do all prostate exams.


11 posted on 07/05/2014 9:32:56 AM PDT by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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Everybody overlooks the benefits of the Death Panels.

Every year sliced off the lifespan is HUGE for SocSec and Medicare financials.


12 posted on 07/05/2014 9:35:20 AM PDT by nascarnation (Toxic Baraq Syndrome: hopefully infecting a Dem candidate near you)
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This is EXACTLY what we conservatives predicted would happen four years ago.


13 posted on 07/05/2014 9:41:38 AM PDT by Hoodat (Proverbs 29:2)
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I agree, sadly. It had to happen sometime. I thank God that I won’t be here for the very worst of it.


14 posted on 07/05/2014 9:42:43 AM PDT by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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Just because you sign up and pay for Obamacare doesn’t mean you actually have coverage.


15 posted on 07/05/2014 9:50:39 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government." --Tacitus)
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Obamacare puts more people on Medicaid. 40% of doctors don’t accept Medicaid patients. As a result, it is far easier to go to the ER for routine needs rather than trying to find a doctor. Add to that the illegal aliens who use the ERs as free health clinics and you have a real problem.


16 posted on 07/05/2014 9:53:36 AM PDT by kabar
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I heard earlier today that most of the Alzheimer’s drugs aren’t working and there are no new ones in the pipeline.

Gotta fund cures for scabies, lice and the new strains of TB.


17 posted on 07/05/2014 9:54:50 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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NSA will do all prostate exams.

I thought it was going to be the IRS since they're so good at it.

18 posted on 07/05/2014 9:57:03 AM PDT by seowulf (Cogito cogito, ergo cogito sum. Cogito.---Ambrose Bierce)
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I got the memo, but I deleted it.


19 posted on 07/05/2014 10:02:58 AM PDT by PapaNew
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It’s rational behavior. If they can go in for a dollar down catch me for the rest, why would they sign up for something with a coupla hundred buck monthly premium, co-pays, and a 6000 a year deductible. The deductible alone should keep people from signing up. That’s like having no coverage at all. How many of tell our car insurance companies we want a 6000 deductible?


20 posted on 07/05/2014 10:10:32 AM PDT by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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