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<blockquote data-quote="dmac1" data-source="post: 4095299" data-attributes="member: 60252">Except many poor people can&#039;t afford even the basic office visit and basic lab tests that easily run over $400 combined. The ACA included those at no charge out of pocket once annually&nbsp; to catch the chronic issues that are cheap to fix when caught early. Those &#039;fat&#039; people that some despise will cost a lot less to care for if given a $2 a month prescription for metformin instead of waiting until they end up in the ER with full blown diabetes. Paying now saves money later.&nbsp;If that same person ends up on disability at age 45, and needs insulin, and faces other issues because you don&#039;t like giving people &#039;free care&#039; then you are penny wise and pound foolish. The ACA was set up with future savings in mind. Same with expansion of medicaid. Keeping people healthy is much cheaper than treating them AFTER they develop chronic issues. Chronic issues are the leading costs in medicare. Caught younger, expenses for medicare in the future would be lower.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dmac1, post: 4095299, member: 60252"] Except many poor people can't afford even the basic office visit and basic lab tests that easily run over $400 combined. The ACA included those at no charge out of pocket once annually to catch the chronic issues that are cheap to fix when caught early. Those 'fat' people that some despise will cost a lot less to care for if given a $2 a month prescription for metformin instead of waiting until they end up in the ER with full blown diabetes. Paying now saves money later. If that same person ends up on disability at age 45, and needs insulin, and faces other issues because you don't like giving people 'free care' then you are penny wise and pound foolish. The ACA was set up with future savings in mind. Same with expansion of medicaid. Keeping people healthy is much cheaper than treating them AFTER they develop chronic issues. Chronic issues are the leading costs in medicare. Caught younger, expenses for medicare in the future would be lower. [/QUOTE]

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