http://www.healthinsurancecolorado.net/blog1/2008/06/04/uninsured-patients-not-causing-er-overcrowding/ Research and discussion of the Colorado health insurance industry and the healthcare crisis in America. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:55:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.healthinsurancecolorado.net/blog1/2008/06/04/uninsured-patients-not-causing-er-overcrowding/comment-page-1/#comment-10628 forHealth Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:52:22 +0000 http://www.healthinsurancecolorado.net/blog1/?p=408#comment-10628 This is another one of the myths spread by the media that never had any real data to back it up. It was a good story and people believed. I am glad someone did a study because it certainly sheds a different light on the uninsured. This is another one of the myths spread by the media that never had any real data to back it up. It was a good story and people believed. I am glad someone did a study because it certainly sheds a different light on the uninsured.

]]> http://www.healthinsurancecolorado.net/blog1/2008/06/04/uninsured-patients-not-causing-er-overcrowding/comment-page-1/#comment-10627 Brian T. Schwartz Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:20:13 +0000 http://www.healthinsurancecolorado.net/blog1/?p=408#comment-10627 The Kaiser Foundation had a related <a href="http://www.kff.org/insurance/7696.cfm" rel="nofollow">finding</a>: "In terms of health insurance coverage, the analysis finds that the uninsured are not more likely to frequently visit emergency departments than those who are insured. High emergency department users are far more likely to have Medicare or Medicaid coverage, likely due to the poor health and age of these populations, whereas the majority of low users and non users are privately insured." http://www.kff.org/insurance/7696.cfm The Kaiser Foundation had a related finding:
“In terms of health insurance coverage, the analysis finds that the uninsured are not more likely to frequently visit emergency departments than those who are insured. High emergency department users are far more likely to have Medicare or Medicaid coverage, likely due to the poor health and age of these populations, whereas the majority of low users and non users are privately insured.”
http://www.kff.org/insurance/7696.cfm

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