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Recursion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-10 07:49 PM
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2. Yeah, the whole "emergency room" argument was never born out by data
Predictions that expensive emergency room visits would drop now that people could go to the doctor have not been borne out.

It's an article of faith that uninsured people go to the emergency room for treatment, but the data suggest they use the ER at the exact same rate the insured do.
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