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Holy cow who would have expected this trend? Not the GOP they are still denying trends associated with climate change.
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Well no sh**!!
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Hence the laser focus on Benghazi
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Time to use Benghazi to distract from Obamacare.
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It’s really too bad Shitburner got his ass banned. If he hadn’t he’s be showing up and screaming “It’s NOT WORKING! IT’S NOT!”
Either that or BENGHAZI
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Wait. I thought they were bitching about Benghazi.
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Good news indeed. Will be interesting to see what the trend lines are for ER visits. In MA there was an initial increase of ER visits under Romneycare, but then an eventual decrease of 5% of ER visits.
This really is good news. If there was and Obamacare concern that actually had some legs it was that folks suddenly getting insurance after a lifetime of not having it would overwhelm emergency rooms since this was the only healthcare provider they knew.
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Next thing you know, you’ll be telling me that social security keeps people from living on the streets or that the fire department saves people from burning buildings.
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“publicly traded hospitals”
People who expand their wealth, based on hospitals making as much money off the sick, as they possibly can.
Maybe this will lead the DINOs who are scared of losing their red-state seat and are pussy footing around ACA to take a firm stand
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This really is good news. If there was and Obamacare concern that actually had some legs it was that folks suddenly getting insurance after a lifetime of not having it would overwhelm emergency rooms since this was the only healthcare provider they knew.
Absolutely. I remember a study posted here on TPM a while back that seemed to bear that out. We all kind of agreed that there might need to be some kind of education program or information disseminated to the newly insured. It looks like the newly insured are using their new healthcare wisely.
Also, is it wrong that I’m smiling at the fact that Republicans have been wrong about Obamacare on every measure except the website rollout. In 2016 even, will anyone actually care about a shitty website rollout? What’s the GOP gonna say? “So what that 30 million more people have healthcare, what about that website that didn’t work for two months two years ago?”
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Yup that is what is important about this story.
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They are, just not finished folding this hand. The dealer won’t take their cards w/o an explanation of why they were in the game with absolutely no draw. All of them.
You jest, but yes I can see that exact thing happening. They seem to have a predilection for focusing on the smallest things. Hence how, please proceed became a meme.
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Now that more people are insured fewer are uninsured. I don’t think anyone could have predicted that.
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Remember this is managed care, with primary care physicians. So no group could overrun hospitals, get prescriptions or burden the existing system without passing thru a gatekeeper. Some legs provided by the crowing roosters on the right but not grounded in reality.
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Also: I bet that at the beginning of the NEXT signup period there is a rush to sign up. The people who believed the “you can sign up on the way to the hospital” ruse will have learned they can’t sign up any ol’ time like they thought they could.
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The rollout was stunningly bad, but yeah, no one will care in 2016.
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