Posted on 12/14/2014 6:47:22 PM PST by Olog-hai
The Affordable Care Act is spelling the demise of free healthcare clinics across the country, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Of clinics across 28 states, almost a dozen in the past two years have cited Obamacare as their reason for shutting their doors.
Both The Good Samaritan Free Clinic in Rock Island, Illinois, and the Ninth Street Ministries Free Medical Clinic in Polk County, Arkansas, shut their doors this year saying their missions were complete. Now that most of their former clients have medical insurance, many through expanded Medicaid, they are no longer needed, they say. …
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“If you think health care costs a lot now, wait until it’s free.” — P.J. O’Rourke
Yes, this is one way in which public spending crowds out private spending. Enjoy your government healthcare, Obama voters!
PING!
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