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Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Medicare Costs Higher for the Once-Uninsured - New York Times: "For example, instead of just paying for doctor visits and leaving it to patients to find doctors and seek care, it may be better to also provide case managers who will contact patients and prompt them to take medications like drugs for high blood pressure or to report on their "

And this costs money, too.

Medicare Costs Higher for the Once-Uninsured - New York Times: "“You might expect that if you fall into habits of not using much health care, you might continue not to use it,” Dr. Skinner said. Instead, the study found a sort of pent-up demand among the uninsured."

Isn't this the obvious consequence? Never mind the cost of medical technology that needs to be paid for.

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