Category Archives: Declining Quality of Care

Did HHS Divert Ebola Money Shoring Up Obamacare?

Comment: Today’s news includes charges that government budget limits have harmed the CDC’s ability to protect Americans from Ebola. Protecting Americans is a basic function of the Federal government.  The ObamacareTruthSquad notes, however, that CDC’s parent agency, the Dept. of … Continue reading

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Obamacare’s Electronic Health Records Nearly Unleash Ebola Outbreak in U.S.

Comment: Obamacare requires detailed, tedious, mind-numbing “electronic paperwork” in the form of EHRs (Electronic Health Records). The time doctors and nurses are burning up typing useless information into EHRs has left them practicing distracted medicine, with less time to listen … Continue reading

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Another Satisfied Obamacare Customer. NOT!

Comment: Let’s be honest–wasn’t it easier, cheaper, and faster when you went to the doctor and just paid for the visit, back when insurance was cheap, and only for disasters?  Obamacare sending all of everyone’s care through the insurance system … Continue reading

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Study: Medicaid Expansion Has Increased ER Use

Comment: A major selling point of Obamacare was that it would save money by reducing ER use. You’ll be shocked to learn that fairy-tale wasn’t true. People with coverage use the emergency room MORE, not less.  The premise was always … Continue reading

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Single-Payer Government-Run Medicine Unraveling in Europe

Comment: Single payer is not better.  It’s brutal, it takes your money and your choices, it puts your life in the hands of people who don’t care as much as you do, and who don’t work for you. Single-payer means … Continue reading

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Single-Payer Health Breakthrough: Eliminate Paperclips!

Comment: Folks, they can’t even use paperclips without hurting themselves. Do we really want these idiots picking our health care? “Manchester NHS Trust officials made the decision to stop the use of the metal stationary item after a member of … Continue reading

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Obamacare Enrollees Frequenting Emergency Rooms, Wait Times Rise

With Doctors Not Accepting Obamacare, Patients Flock to Emergency Rooms Comment: Obamacare — mandatory government-approved insurance(tm).*                      * Care not included. “The average wait time for an emergency room in California … Continue reading

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The VA Demonstrates GovErnment-Run Medicine (Deadly GERMs)

Comment: Ever wonder what government-run, single-payer, national socialized medicine would look like in the US?  We don’t have to, it’s already here: the Veteran’s Administration.  Here’s the American version of Sam’s Story–Doug was denied, delayed, dishonored, and discarded. And the … Continue reading

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ER Use Rises

Another Obamacare Talking Point Destroyed Comment: Obama said Obamacare would save money by cutting “free-riders” using the emergency room for ordinary care. The opposite is happening–newly-insured people are using the ER more. So much for savings or affordability–Obamacare costs more. … Continue reading

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Another Hope-n-Changer Hits the Brick Wall of Disappointment

Comment: New slogan?  “If you like your pain and suffering, you can keep it! Quality, affordable health care not included.” “Before one month had gone by, I realized the painful truth. Instead of the promised access to effective, affordable care, I … Continue reading

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