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Originally Posted by Archaea
No. I am looking at some economic papers from certain schools. The slow-down is not correlated to the ACA.
Conversely, healthcare costs have often risen faster than inflation. What drives healthcare costs has not been understood and still isn't. It is a much more complex equation than post hoc ergo propter hoc.
The slowing costs is more tied to the fact that Medicare is freezing payments, which insurance companies follow, than actual costs being frozen. Additionally, people were poor during the 2009 through 2015 period, so people were unable to spend more. There are plenty of citations that show the ACA is not responsible for any slow down in costs.
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There have been plenty economic slowdowns in history with no corresponding reductions in health care costs.
Plus you're still attributing a 40% reduction in the uninsured rate to measure error, which is preposterous, to say the least.
07-28-2016, 06:37 PM
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