Study: Ambulance response times increased under Obamacare

Published August 21, 2017 3:27pm ET



Ambulances took longer to respond to emergencies after more people gained health insurance under Obamacare and began using medical services they otherwise wouldn’t have, according to a study published Monday in the National Bureau of Economic Research.

The estimates show that ambulance response times slowed by almost two minutes, or approximately 19 percent, after Obamacare was implemented.

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