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gulliver

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33. I don't see enough evidence.

Sun Jan 5, 2014, 08:19 PM

Jan 2014

It looks interesting, but it's just one paper and only appears to include two years. Moreover, I can't see enough of the paper to determine whether all possible objections were addressed. The obvious one is "Were the ER Room visits by Medicaid recipients 70% higher the first year and 10% higher the next?" In other words, did the study account for pent up demand.

Other obvious objections would be to ask if people were being treated for conditions that didn't warrant ER treatment. What if someone with a possible concussion just didn't go to the ER if they were uninsured but did go if they were covered. Are we saying that we think the latter is an indictment of Obamacare?

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