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RobinA

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22. Nice Scare

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Reply #20)

Wed Mar 27, 2024, 12:50 PM

Mar 27

but not my experience. I know people who have both kinds of plans and I've never heard of them not treating cancer. I have heard of both kinds of insurance denying certain things, AND causing elderly folks absolute hell on Earth to try to negotiate the process, but I've had private medical insurance my entire life and the problems of Advantage plans sound pretty much like the problems of any private insurance.

Any actual evidence that Advantage plans don't treat cancer will, of course, be given due attention.

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Medicare Advantage is overbilling Medicare by 22% [View all] Nevilledog Mar 26 OP

MA is a pork barrel for plutocrats. Voltaire2 Mar 26 #1

how else can they pay for their endless TV, mailer and phone call ads NewHendoLib Mar 26 #2

Medicare advantage really has to end somehow. Biophilic Mar 26 #3

Destruction of Medicare if allowed to continue. Emile Mar 26 #4

That's the plan. As my avatar once sang, JenniferJuniper Mar 26 #11

Medicare MA has more benefits for enrollees than regular Medicare. former9thward Mar 26 #5

Yep. TwilightZone Mar 26 #7

I've Mostly Given Up RobinA Mar 27 #17

And many more restrictions on where and how Demobrat Mar 26 #8

Cue the "I love my advantage plan" crowd. Marcus IM Mar 26 #6

But, but, but I got 1k in yearly dental coverage! JenniferJuniper Mar 26 #9

Gotta pay for skyscrapers, yachts, and CEO bonuses somehow. Hermit-The-Prog Mar 26 #10

Kick dalton99a Mar 26 #12

Designed to slowly bankrupt tradition medncare...and if allowed to continue it will PortTack Mar 26 #13

Created so that stockholders can maximize their dividends by increasing profits. RussellCattle Mar 27 #14

Medicare fraud by a different name . . . . . no_hypocrisy Mar 27 #15

I Have To Wonder RobinA Mar 27 #18

Consider this: no_hypocrisy Mar 27 #20

Your example is over the top, but does explain the difference karynnj Mar 27 #21

Nice Scare RobinA Mar 27 #22

I had four Advantage scam phone calls yesterday. Make Emile Mar 27 #16

The healthcare industry should be nationalized dalton99a Mar 27 #19

Its not enough that the taxpayers subsidize private insurance Medicare Advantage plans - but they rip us off in addition Nanjeanne Mar 27 #23

Just a little greed. republianmushroom Mar 27 #24

The GOP wants to go pure Medicare Advantage if they agree to Medicare at all. Vinca Mar 27 #25

Rick Scott approves this message. Midnight Writer Mar 27 #26

Maybe if Congress actually wanted to understand why over 50% of Medicare beneficiaries choose Medicare Advantage, Silent Type Mar 27 #27