Next time some Democrat politician liar screeches about "cost of healthcare," remind them that ObamaCare cost people their only nearby hospital.
Although this essay was written in 2015, it is germane today. The excerpts here are linked to an article in today's RedState, which brings out a number of other ObamaCare disasters.
... There are several factors contributing to the decline of rural hospitals, but the main culprit since 2010 has been Obamacare. The president’s health care law made cuts to Medicare providers, reduced federal payments to hospitals for the uninsured, caused massive increases in deductibles that discourage patients from seeking care, and mandated a host of new regulations.
Though the administration claimed Obamacare’s Medicare cuts would be used to extend the life of the Medicare trust fund, they were actually used to pay for Obamacare’s massive new entitlements. Despite the billions of dollars Obamacare spent to try to boost health insurance enrollment, the administration continues to fall short of its coverage goals. For hundreds of rural hospitals, the Medicare cuts make it difficult to stay afloat....
Then the Democrats found a way to make it worse: Biden's "No Borders Here!!!" policies.
... Obamacare reduced federal payments for the uninsured, known as Disproportionate Share Hospital payments. This money goes to hospitals with a disproportionate share of uninsured patients. Obamacare reduced these payments with the expectation that they would be less necessary once more people had insurance, especially through Medicaid expansion. The expansion has not happened like the administration expected, but the DSH payments were still cut. Many states could not bear to put more of their residents in a Medicaid program that already struggled to care for their communities’ sickest and poorest people. Other states could not have afforded to expand even if they wanted to – Medicaid expansion requires states to cover part of the bill starting in 2017, which is an enormous challenge for cash-strapped states. By taking away these hospitals’ DSH payments, Obamacare dealt another financial blow to small hospitals across the country....
"Uninsured"? Translate that to "ILLEGAL ALIEN"
Life would be far better--and likely a lot longer--without Democrat "help."
Vote as though your life depended on it, because it does.
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