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    Tag: Health Lobby

    Study Says: "D'oh!"


    By JGillman, Section News
    Posted on Fri Jan 03, 2014 at 10:46:46 AM EST
    Tags: Rick Snyder, Medicaid Expansion, Health Lobby, Emergency Rooms, Obamacare, Statistics, Hospitals, Oregon, NCPA, RomneyCare, Congressional Budget Office, RINOS, Progressives In The Party, Same Snake Two Heads (all tags)

    One of the major reasons used for justifying medicaid expansion in Michigan was that too many were using the hospital emergency rooms, rather than using a regular doctor.

    If fact, during the building expansion debate in 2013, Michigan's Governor Rick Snyder claimed as much:

    "Currently, Snyder says we are funding the Emergency room visits of those without coverage through our increased insurance fees. He believes it would save money to send them to doctors opposed to the Emergency room.

    Patriot Radio's "Trucker Randy" Bishop asked why he didn't opt out of Obamacare, like other states have done. The governor replied because that will leave people without healthcare and at the mercy of emergency rooms."

    Huh, I guess he was wrong.

    At least as is being reported in the Detroit News (and in a million other [surprised] outlets) he was:

    " A new study has found that people enrolled recently in Medicaid went to the emergency room 40 percent more frequently than others, often seeking help for conditions that could be treated less expensively in a doctor's office or an urgent care clinic."
    And there you go.

    And it wasn't as if there was no warning.  It wasn't as if there was no one talking about an increase in Medicaid use, coupled with a reduction of Doctors to handle such things.

    Continued below the fold

    (3 comments, 864 words in story) Full Story

    The True Cost of Health Care


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Mon Nov 11, 2013 at 10:56:57 AM EST
    Tags: Sheeple were Made To Be Shorn, Insurance Industry, Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914, Health Lobby, FDA, Individual Mandate, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Same Snake Two Heads, Crony Capitalism, Romneycare, PPACA, Obamacare, Snydercaid, Un-healthy Michigan Rip-Off, Slick Rick, The Flim-Flam Man, One Term Nerd (all tags)

    H/t Market Ticker

    OABTW, if you're too lazy to go over to that link, shame on YOU.

    Comments >>

    A Message To Our Legislators - Beware False Choices

    Harry Loves Ricky


    By JGillman, Section News
    Posted on Thu Nov 07, 2013 at 10:53:45 AM EST
    Tags: Embracing Obamacare, MEDC, Health Lobby, Medicaid Expansion, Cronyism, Crony Capitalism, Same Snake Two Heads, Michigan, Harry Reid, Rick Snyder, Republicans, Democrats, Health Care (all tags)

    Only the perpetually stupid could continue to ignore this.

    The unapologetic praise for a system that holds no chance of meeting promises made and already broken, is continuing unabated. The use of the term Obamacare as an endearing term, instead of the official title "Affordable Care Act." Appropriately connecting the dots from Obamacare to Medicaid expansion; a feat that be performed only with enablers and collaborators in our State Senate and House. When the bleeding edge of the socialist/fascist movement in this country praises our governor for expanding welfare; a move that promises to explode in our face in 3 years time?

    Yet losing the seat to a Democrat is the fear that would keep cowardly Republicans voting for Rick Snyder?

    Could anyone remind us all here why his winning really matters again?

    (2 comments) Comments >>

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