Total health care costs fall when poor are provided insurance: Study
Total health care costs fall when poor are provided insurance: Study
- February 10, 2012
- Research by David Neumark, economics professor and Center for Economics & Public Policy directory, is featured in the Huffington Post and HealthCanal February 10, 2012
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From the Huffington Post:
The concept of support for universal health care is taboo among Republicans who scrutinize
the Affordable Care Act -- dubbing it the "Job-Killing Health Care Law Act" -- and
call for its repeal. But a new UC Irvine study challenges the GOP argument that the
health care law is too costly, with data illustrating that health care costs on the
whole fall when poorer, uninsured patients are provided with insurance. "In a case
study involving low-income people enrolled in a community-based health insurance program,
we found that use of primary care increased but use of emergency services fell, and
-- over time -- total health care costs declined," David Neumark, a co-author of the
study, said in a release accompanying the findings.
For the full story, please visit http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/10/health-care-costs_n_1266442.html.
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