As Bob noted the other day, we're only now beginning to see the implementation of key pieces of this train-wreck. But we can already extrapolate the results, based solely on the two pre-existing nationalized services under which so many Americans already suffer: Medicare and the Veteran's Administration.
We discussed Medicare's many faults before, from its ubiquitous claims denials (far worse than any private insurer's) to its strangling of providers. But we haven't really looked at the VA; luckily for us, FoIB Mike Cannon has done the legwork, and it's not pretty:
"The Veterans Health Administration shows how incompetent the federal government is when it comes to making medicine a patient-centered enterprise ... John Lamie survived six roadside bombings in Iraq, only to have the Department of Veterans Affairs refuse to accept three months’ worth of medical tests he underwent for jaw and shoulder wounds — tests performed by VA-approved doctors at VA facilities."
Believe it or not, it actually gets worse from there.
At this point, of course, there are two potential outcomes: either ObamaCare© is repealed (less likely) or that a lot of folks will be looking elsewhere for care.
Time will tell.
We discussed Medicare's many faults before, from its ubiquitous claims denials (far worse than any private insurer's) to its strangling of providers. But we haven't really looked at the VA; luckily for us, FoIB Mike Cannon has done the legwork, and it's not pretty:
"The Veterans Health Administration shows how incompetent the federal government is when it comes to making medicine a patient-centered enterprise ... John Lamie survived six roadside bombings in Iraq, only to have the Department of Veterans Affairs refuse to accept three months’ worth of medical tests he underwent for jaw and shoulder wounds — tests performed by VA-approved doctors at VA facilities."
Believe it or not, it actually gets worse from there.
At this point, of course, there are two potential outcomes: either ObamaCare© is repealed (less likely) or that a lot of folks will be looking elsewhere for care.
Time will tell.
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