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Demobrat

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20. Advantage plans can save you money

Reply to OMGWTF (Reply #16)

Sat May 27, 2023, 03:29 PM

May 2023

as long as you’re healthy.

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The $20 Billion Scam At The Heart Of Medicare Advantage [View all] douglas9 May 2023 OP

Kick dalton99a May 2023 #1

Greed is insatiable. n/t barbaraann May 2023 #2

The minute I could get away Casady1 May 2023 #3

Me, too MurrayDelph May 2023 #8

My daughter had to have her lower jaw Casady1 May 2023 #14

That's why there are commercials 24/7. louis-t May 2023 #4

Good observation. yonder May 2023 #6

I got rid of the T.V. about 10 years ago. No ads in what I want to watch streaming. erronis May 2023 #9

Don't forget the robodialed phone calls - I probably get 10 per day FakeNoose May 2023 #17

There are lot of commercials for laundry soap. Earth-shine May 2023 #24

Not on my tv. louis-t May 2023 #39

I have no cable. I stream CNN and MSNBC. Earth-shine May 2023 #40

Kickin' with disgust! Faux pas May 2023 #5

Why does the Federal government keep overpaying them? MichMan May 2023 #7

Because they are underfunded and because the bureaucrats are bureaucrats. erronis May 2023 #10

Forgot to answer your actual question. Because the insurance companies present invalid claims. erronis May 2023 #11

When repubs cut funding for government agencies, by law they cannot cut benefits... Wounded Bear May 2023 #12

My supplement has been set up for months, but I'm still getting Ilsa May 2023 #13

I have Humana Advantage. Spine MOMFUDSKI May 2023 #15

MA plans are all about the network. Demobrat May 2023 #19

Why are they allowed to use the name "Medicare" in their private for-big-profit scheme? OMGWTF May 2023 #16

Advantage plans can save you money Demobrat May 2023 #20

The government itself calls it "Medicare Part C" and has it available on their own website to enroll MichMan May 2023 #27

I get numerous calls trying to get me to sign up for an advantage plan LetMyPeopleVote May 2023 #18

I have original Medicare and will never sign up for an Advantage plan. Lonestarblue May 2023 #21

There is a bill to NOT allow private insurers to use the word Medicare in "Medicare Advantage" progree May 2023 #22

I see markodochartaigh May 2023 #23

The Federal government itself calls it "Medicare Part C" MichMan May 2023 #25

The bill fixes that too progree May 2023 #30

Why not just make them illegal completely ? MichMan May 2023 #31

Do we riverboat gamble? (which is what A and B alone is) Or change A and B to cover everything? progree May 2023 #33

I dunno; the OP says the taxpayers are being ripped off for $20 billion a year MichMan May 2023 #36

And so.... progree May 2023 #37

Eliminating Medicare Advantage and Medicare Gap programs should be a focus of the 2024 election MichMan May 2023 #26

Medicare Gap plans? Eliminate and replace with ? progree May 2023 #28

Nearly every post here wants private insurers to have no part in Medicare period MichMan May 2023 #29

The difference with Medicare Supplement aka Medigap is there are much stricter rules progree May 2023 #32

Aren't providers of Medigap plans still raking in millions in profits from them? MichMan May 2023 #34

I GET THAT. What are you proposing we do? Expand A & B to cover everything, rather than in B's progree May 2023 #35

IMO there should be an out of pocket cap anciano May 2023 #38