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re: What are the economics of Affordable Care Act?

Posted on 9/27/13 at 10:54 am to
Posted by ell_13
Member since Apr 2013
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Posted on 9/27/13 at 10:54 am to
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people in countries with nationalized healthcare generally live longer than Americans
You cannot definitely attribute this to healthcare. Most of the people in those countries live healthier lifestyles.
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the 2013 graduating class of newly minted Physicians was the largest in American history
But none are going into family medicine. Most will be specialists which are expensive/lucrative. This will not help with the new system.
This post was edited on 9/27/13 at 10:55 am
Posted by wiltznucs
Apollo Beach, FL
Member since Sep 2005
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Posted on 9/27/13 at 11:14 am to
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But none are going into family medicine


This statement is true in a historic context but it is changing, there has been a renewed interest in Primary Care now that funding to that area is increasing while some specialities are decreasing. This is also part of why you are seeing hospitals buying out independent GP's.
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