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My wife is a pediatrician and sees about 80% medicaid patients. People absolutely go in more often than they need to because they don't pay a single cent. I'm t
by mrcu5 7y ago
My wife is a pediatrician and sees about 80% medicaid patients. People absolutely go in more often than they need to because they don't pay a single cent. I'm talking going to the ER because their kid has a cough or is running a fever. These are usually also the most demanding patients.
- refurb 7y agoI found this part of the paper to be unreasonable: Available ER visits and hospitalizations can be avert through improved access to primary care
- n9 7y agoHave you ever gone to a busy urban ER? It is absolutely full to the brim 24/7 with people visiting with chronic ailments that don’t have health insurance, which is literally the most expensive possible way to treat something like asthma or chronic emphysema.
- refurb 7y agoLook up the Oregon Medicaid study. Basically did a lottery, half get Medicaid, half don’t. No change in outcomes, it just cost more.
- codegeek 7y agoMedicaid is not the same as Medicare. Medicaid is literally Free stuff so yea, it can be abused. Medicare is not free. People pay into it through taxes. 2 different things.
- senordevnyc 7y agoFree at the point of sale is what’s important. The fact that I know I theoretically pay for it with my taxes does nothing to curb abuse.