Posted on 02/08/2014 8:23:50 AM PST by Twotone
If a large Oregon study is any indication, the Affordable Care Act may drive up frivolous emergency room visits and do little to improve people’s physical or economic health.
The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment began after Oregon budgeted to add several thousand people to their Medicaid rolls and held a lottery to fill the slots, giving researchers a randomized pool to test the effects of having health insurance. Winners were more likely to report being in good health and were less likely to default on medical bills. But there were also some surprising findings.
(Excerpt) Read more at cascadepolicy.org ...
Was that really necessary? ;-)
Bfl
Cover Oregon says it has suspended its optimistic, feel-good advertising campaign after spending more than $8 million on it this year.
With online part of health exchange down, Cover Oregon halts ads
$8 million for advertising is nothing compared to the $200 million for a failed website.
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