When, in 2008, the state of Oregon expanded Medicaid, there were three times as many people who wanted the government subsidized, “affordable” coverage than the plan could afford to cover. This turned out to be a perfect petri dish for testing the effectiveness of socialized medicine.

A recently published study compared about 6000 people who got into the expanded program with about 6000 who applied, but lost the lottery. According to Liberal socialism, those who got the coverage should have been dramatically healthier, happier, and richer. At least that’s what the Obamacare debate would have us believe.

In fact, the study found that “Medicaid coverage generated no significant improvements in measured physical health outcomes in the first 2 years, but it did increase use of health care services…”

In short, socialized medicine spends more money without making anyone healthier. Hmm. More spending with no benefits. Yep. That sounds like Liberalism to me!