re: #58 Dark_Falcon

Then do you propose simply discarding Politifact as a reliable watchdog? Because that’s what it sounds like.

Yes and no. None of these studies prove much of anything. Most of it is based on established big-ticket care within the Medicaid and Medicare system and doesn’t include simpler preventive care like dentistry, vaccinations, check-ups, exams, etc.

It increase costs in spending how? Well I’ll tell you one of the reasoning used in these studies and that is it decrease morbidity rates meaning extended periods of people being on Medicaid or Medicares. IOW, preventive care keeps people from dying younger which means they remain in these programs for longer periods. But it still reduces costs in specific areas which must be contained. It also doesn’t take into account preventive medicine which is specific to health care reform legislation.

It doesn’t take into account the cost savings to society as a whole. It might increase health care spending at specific points but it fails to take into account the net gain of good health brought about through preventive care on society as a whole. The CBO study did not do this and merely focused on the impact to existing entitlement program procedures and programs. It’s a lop-sided view and make no cross benefit analysis at all. Including the NEJM study. This was all done in the vacuum of the medical establishment alone.

So yes. It’s bullshit.