Although I hate Obamacare, this article is not correct. People on Medicaid will have a higher mortality rate than the normal population due to lifestyle issues. Those issues are: obesity, drug abuse, trauma, tobacco use, alcohol abuse.
It is not the responsibility of the healthcare system to prevent these lifestyle choices. It is up to the individual.
Did all of that abuse suddenly change in 2015?
From the article:
Public-health data from the Centers for Disease Control confirm... [that h]ad mortality continued to decline during ACA implementation in 2014 and 2015 at the same rate as during the 2000-13 period, 80,000 fewer Americans would have died in 2015 alone.
I have family members on MediCal. California’s Medicaid. It has been my observation that they get great care. They go, or take their kids, to the doctor if they have a fricken sniffle. Recently my cousins daughter, who is a 5 foot 300 pounder, was at the hospital in the middle of the night because her back hurt. Was a pulled muscle. Most people don’t use that kind of care with private insurance. They tough it out.
Don't forget infant mortality rate as a statistic. These numbers (mostly innercity) skew statistics and are always used by the left to shout how bad American "healthcare"is. It drives me crazy.
Government has no business in healthcare of any sort except our Veterans and helpless and infirm as the safety net. It should not consume a great portion of GDP and more than half the population. It is impossible to sustain in any way.