Forget about 2014 as the year we'll find out the true cost of Obamacare. Because of an expected short-term jump in medical services usage, the baseline cost won't be evident until at least 2016.
So says a report from HealthPocket, a firm that compares and ranks all available health plans.
HealthPocket wanted to know whether there was a pent-up demand for health services that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act would release. So the company surveyed 1,356 U.S. adults, asking them: "Would better health insurance coverage lead you to see the doctor more often or get a medical procedure you had put off?"
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Dan Cook
Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.
