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Posted on 3/31/17 at 10:02 am to CelticDog
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Public spending is much higher when you pay ER prices for office visit issues.
Medicaid users are the worst offenders. When I worked in a pharmacy I can't tell you how many times somebody with medicaid came in with a RX for something they could have bought OTC for 7 dollars but decided to go to the ER on the tax payer dime and fill the RX version for 10x the cost to the taxpayer. So instead of spending $7 of their own money they spend 1k worth of tax payer money.
Posted on 3/31/17 at 10:03 am to CelticDog
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Public spending is much higher when you pay ER prices for office visit issues.
I'd be open to data supporting the notion that ER rooms were significantly affected for the better by the ACA.
ER visits down for non-emergent care
GP visits way up because ACA folks skipped the ER for their routine, non-life threatening care.
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