Obamacare Upheld, Conservative Heads Explode

[DigitalChaos]

I'd say the ACA bashers need to brush up on math skills.

According to a 2012 report by the AAMC, there were 34,000 active emergency medicine practitioners in 2010.



So, 6.17% of all the practicing ER docs were surveyed. And only 1.72% of those saw a large increase. If that number alarms you... wow.

The methodolgy used by Marketing General Incorporated (the company who conducted the survey) is also questionable. From their own press release: "This survey was conducted online in the United States by Marketing General Incorporated on behalf of the American College of Emergency Physicians between March 16-23, 2015, among 2,099 emergency physicians age 18 or older, providing a response rate of 9 percent and a margin of error of 2.1 percent."

That means 92% of the doctors polled did not respond.

A misleading headline claims another victim. I'm surprised you fell for it, @DigitalChaos.

That's a nice mix of cherry picking and pure denial you have there.

Of the 2100 doctors surveyed, 75% say that ER volume has risen. It's not hard to understand why that would happen. There is more to healthcare than just insurance. There aren't enough people to fulfill the need of primary care. ACA didn't help this. In fact, it is exacerbating it. It's pretty obvious that the people who need healthcare and have insurance, but no primary care service, will end up in the ER.


We are talking very basic supply and demand here. ACA drove up demand for healthcare service. The supply for primary care physicians/nurses did not go up.