Newly Insured Found to Use Pricier ERs in Test for Obamacare

Obamacare's Medicaid Expansion May Create Oregon-Like ER Strain Businessweek

Emergency rooms may be a preferred choice for care among 3.9 million people newly enrolled in the U.S. Medicaid program for the poor, according to ...http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-01-02/obamacare-s-medicaid-expansion-may-create-oregon-like-er-strain

Rise in ER visits for the newly insured raises questions on health care law

Dallas Morning News - ‎1 hour ago‎

Hannah Lobingier, who works for a program that tries to keep Medicaid patients from relying on emergency rooms, visits with a patient in the ER at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, Ore. A new study conducted in Oregon found that after ...

 http://www.dallasnews.com/news/local-news/20140102-study-finds-er-visits-rise-for-the-newly-insured.ece


 Medicaid Expansion Boosted Emergency Room Visits In Oregon

NPR (blog) - ‎1 hour ago‎

Giving poor people health insurance, the belief was, would decrease their dependence on hospital emergency rooms by providing them access to more appropriate, lower-cost primary care. But a study published in the journal Science on Thursday finds that's ...http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/01/02/259128081/medicaid-expansion-boosted-emergency-room-visits-in-oregon