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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 12:56 PM Original message |
Since they are taking the Drug Company Subsidy out of Medicare Advantage |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. i heard yesterday on randi that medicare advantage really isn't medicare and is a giant ins co scam. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 01:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. The people in that program are not on traditional Medicare |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 01:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. yes, ins salesman were (for 3-600 a head) scamming seniors out of actual medicare into these private |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. And congress knows they are doing it. It's heartbreaking. |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. It sure is. |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. Sc am or no Scam, a lot of Americans have it and can afford it. |
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foginthemorn (211 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. AARP has lost its activism the last several years. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
6. This is why we need single payer. |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
8. Medicare Advantage, AKA Part C, is a privatized substitute for Medicare Parts A & B |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Thank you for the explanation. I knew about the Drug Company |
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Gin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I have Medicare A & B and Optima Medicare advantage for 0 a month |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 05:13 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Do you have Optima Medicare Value Plus? |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 06:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Your Medicare payment goes to Optima, not to medicare. |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 11:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. She pays her Medicare premium as though she were still with the traditional program. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:17 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. So the $96 or so dollars in the Soc. Sec. monthly go to traditional Medicare? |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:59 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I know Medicare Advantage beneficiaries must continue to pay their monthly Part B premium. |
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