Despite passionate warnings that the Affordable Care Act would demolish the American economy, things haven’t exactly turned out that way. Here is evidence Dan Diamond circulated a while back. Dan is someone I suggest you follow on Twitter if you want more pictures like these:
According to a recent Forbes post: “A huge pay raise promised under the Affordable Care Act for primary care doctors who treat the nation’s poor covered by Medicaid health insurance is nearly three months behind schedule and may take another three months before it kicks in.” I suggest you look at the entire essay, because…
See my local TV interview in the early hours after the SCOTUS decision on the individual mandate
And see some of my quotes from local and national reporters at the links below:
The Herald Sun
Triangle Business Journal
Washington Post
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Doctors who join up with hospitals or large healthcare organizations in anticipation that this will increase their incomes are misguided or ill informed.
The Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare, encourages healthcare providers to join together in what are called Accountable Care Organizations. Prior to the passage of Obamacare, hospitals were already pursuing mergers, in an effort to gain market share and have better negotiating ability with insurance companies. That trend looks like it has accelerated since the passage…
Here is a video of a poster presentation by Troy Campbell, a grad student at Fuqua who describes some of our research on why we might not know, after a while, what we ever found shocking about Lady Gaga.