A New Low in Health Care Rhetoric
He covers the erroneous ER visit statistics, but I like this part-
Specifically, she pointed to data showing that the Oregon group didn't show significant improvement in cholesterol, blood pressure and diabetes rates (although enrollees did show lower rates of depression).He's got a point, it takes a while to improve chronic illness. But- to be clear, nobody shows improvement on cholesterol, blood pressure or diabetes rates whether it's Medicaid or not. It's a feature of the protocols, not the patients.
Her take on this tiny initial sample of reform data: Just a few years into having access to primary care doctors, people are not healthier according to a few markers. Therefore, that proves it! Giving poor people health insurance achieves nothing.
