re: Facts on Health Care

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The idea behind those "mandatory benefits", typically lower cost care options than the alternatives is that people will correct smaller ailments faster, thus preventing larger, more expensive ones.

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This assertion falls on its face when you learn that emergency room usage skyrocketed under Medicaid (most of the "insured" number from Obamacare) after Obamacare and its Medicaid expansion were implemented.

Also it has been proven untrue that preventive medicine for the masses will save money in the long run.
Politifact