[MosesKnows]

Turns out that neither of those claims is true

It also turns out that the people who most need to know this will never read or hear it.

[sickoflibs]

True about that false claim,

but unlike the exchange policies with high deductibles with medicaid the hospital ERs will actually get paid something when these people show up and demand their emergency mandated services, unlike before. (Maryland has a special hospital tax to pay for uninsured)

[upchuck]

From the article (emphasis mine):

With these added millions competing for increasingly scarce doctors, many will likely end up piling into ERs. And, since an ER visit won't cost them, they'll have even more incentive to make that the place to go.

Many critics of ObamaCare pointed out this adverse side effect long ago, but their concerns were, of course, ignored. As a result, millions now stuck in Medicaid will learn the hard way that ObamaCare is an empty promise.

AMEN!

[JPG]

Medicaid example in a nutshell:

Doctors cost: $100.00

Medicaid reimbursement: $53.14

Doctors solution: do not accept Medicaid patients.

[yorkiemom]

The problem is that, rather than fixing this badly broken system, ObamaCare is shoving millions more into it. In fact, twice as many people who applied through an ObamaCare exchange in the first three months ended up on Medicaid rather than a private insurance plan.

Interesting, since only 25 states + DC expanded Medicaid. The number would be much higher if all the states were involved.

[Brad from Tennessee]

Any practical approach to health care reform should be incremental rather than all inclusive. It would begin with the reform of Medicaid, Medicare and the VA hospital/clinic system. There are billions of dollars in waste, fraud and inefficiency in all these programs that could be cut without affecting their patients. Add to that the list of GOP remedies—from allowing insurers a national market to malpractice tort reform—and you begin to improve the system.

ObamaCare is not about lowering costs, insuring the uninsured, or demonstrating compassion. It is about creating a huge, monolithic bureaucracy staffed by unionized, Democrat-leaning workers. It is about robbing the consumer and the private sector.

[cheezyphil]

All the people who need it won’t get it. Everyone ends up paying for it anyways? Medicrap is already taking up 22% of Fed spending. How far down the rabbit hole do we need to go?

http://itsthemoneydummies.com/

[The Mayor]

Emergency rooms, the most expensive way to provide healthcare.