The Affordable Care Act has been touted as the answer to our country’s huge uninsured epidemic. There is no denying the fact that millions of uninsured people signed up for insurance through an expanded Medicaid program, which is called Medi-Cal in California. The blessings of a decrease in uninsured patients makes for a great sound bite and has been repeated over and over in the media. The only problem is …
If the emergency room is the most expensive place to receive health care, then why are more patients visiting the ER than ever before? There are no local doctors’ offices that can charge $1,000 to put a Band-Aid on your finger or $8,000 to tell you that your abdominal pain is due to drinking too much coffee. But, I don’t think you would mind paying this premium if you were having …
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