tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post4612210286161706147..comments2024-03-10T13:59:19.230-04:00Comments on xpostfactoid: Did too many low income ACA shoppers buy bronze plans?Andrew Sprunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601269968798865106noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post-37680182493152621532014-09-28T12:03:23.366-04:002014-09-28T12:03:23.366-04:00The ACA mandate for free preventive care (even wit...The ACA mandate for free preventive care (even with bronze plans) was supposed to take care of many office vists etc for the newly insured.<br /><br />One suspects that the free services are perhaps more skimpy than we thought.<br /><br />Also, in the design of the ACA, anyone too poor to afford office visits was supposed to be covered by Medicaid. In the generous states, I think that is close to happening<br /><br />The solution of course to do what France did years ago -- to stipulate that deductibles do not apply to emergency care and for chronic illnesses like diabetes.Bob Hertzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09536056115489355307noreply@blogger.com