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riqster

(13,986 posts)
Thu Apr 3, 2014, 08:25 AM Apr 2014

Proof positive that ObamaCare is working:

Last edited Thu Apr 3, 2014, 09:11 AM - Edit history (1)

http://bluntandcranky.wordpress.com/2014/04/03/proof-positive-that-obamacare-is-working/

"Yesterday, your humble correspondent called a medical provider and asked for some supplies to be sent to chez Cranky. He was told that there would be a several-day delay: due to all of the newly-insured people that were getting medical care, they were having to order more supplies, and hire more help to meet demand. I replied that I understood,and thanked the harried woman on the other end of the phone.

After hanging up, a victory yell was heard by everyone on earshot: because, you see, this was proof that the Affordable Care Act is working. Here’s why:
Number A: lots of newly-insured people are getting life-saving medical care.
Letter 2: people are getting jobs to help provide care to the newly insured.
Thirdly: companies that make medical supplies will likewise have to add more staff, and order more raw materials, which means more jobs further down the supply chain.
Finally: all these increases will result in price reductions due to economies of scale.

The ACA is a long way from perfection, I grant you: but it also takes us a long way towards better health care for us all.

Proven by this example, and millions of others just like it, across the country. Thanks, Mister President."


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Proof positive that ObamaCare is working: (Original Post) riqster Apr 2014 OP
According to a healthcare rep that visited my wife's company, more people getting HC is a negative. Dawgs Apr 2014 #1
Yep. They were likely making shady money before the ACA. riqster Apr 2014 #2
 

Dawgs

(14,755 posts)
1. According to a healthcare rep that visited my wife's company, more people getting HC is a negative.
Thu Apr 3, 2014, 11:58 AM
Apr 2014

He actually told everyone in her company that because people have to wait longer to see their doctor that they shouldn't be happy about Obamacare.

riqster

(13,986 posts)
2. Yep. They were likely making shady money before the ACA.
Thu Apr 3, 2014, 12:06 PM
Apr 2014

Transparency is another big result of the ACA, and a lot of the providers who made money in the shadows are pissed that they now have to act like a real business.

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