"Medicare Advantage is neither Medicare nor an advantage. It is a house of cards built by Big Insurance to pad their profits with taxpayers' money." - @pocan.house.gov and Wendell Potter
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my husband and I save $400 a month with an Advantage plan over Medicare + supplement. It’s Blue Cross and so far has covered everything. I just can’t afford $400 a month for a political statement.
That’s why I took it , I am relativity healthy for my age , but of course that may not last . Let’s hope your family and me stay healthy . Compliments of the season to you .
Thank you and the same to you . We only have today , as an old friend of mine always said “ one day at a time “
Compliments of the season to you and yours .
Thank you . I don’t exercise , I know my daughter is on me all the time , but I walk daily and have been a vegetarian for 40 yrs and the last few years I am almost vegan .
Thank you so much for posting this. I wasn’t aware that Medicaid was a requirement, and I know that I didn’t qualify for it for next year. I just switched my plan to Medicare only.
The medical advantage plans are cheaper but also have less good medical coverage. But any supplemental plan that you can afford—you will be out of HMO style care and can pick your own doctors. In addition, the entire coverage is better.
This fleecing of Americans is just so exhausting and no one has the political will to change it. Never forget that when President Obama tried passing such a law, the only way to get it through congress was if Republicans got their tentacles into it and destroyed its original iteration.
Start the #resistance in your city, gather friends and family. Organize a march or a protest.
Remember to remain NON-VIOLENT.
Use your voice and your pen.
Teach the girls how to fight dirty. (YBMC)
Teach boys to respect/protect women.
There is no time! Start NOW!!
Stay with the original Medicare. Seniors
Don't be tempted by all the ads and the endless phone calls you are getting shoved at you this time of year. Don't succumb to the big insurance companies. I have had the original Medicare for 22 years and it is wonderful!
THANK YOU! I enrolled in an advantage plan yrs. ago & my CPA went insane--get out of it he said. It took a complete month & constant calls, emails to get Aetna to cnxl. it. What a scam it truly is.
This is why you see so many Medicare Advantage ads on TV. They are trying to push seniors to join when the companies know they can get bigger profits off those plans. I knew several years ago to stay away from Medicare Part C and those plans.
Advantage plans TAKE ADVANTAGE of Seniors. For-Profit supplemental plans are more restrictive & are more likely to deny care. They use “internal” mechanisms to deny care they are supposed to cover.
I think we actually agree. Advantage plans are BAD. They are supposed to offer “the same” coverage, but through requiring MORE pre-auth & MORE requirements…they DENY more care and patients get screwed.
I saw(on youtube) a man giving the differences between medicare plans, says he used to sell the plans...and he was told to push the advantage plans and got commissions on them..anyone pushing them gets commissions..so best to keep medicare and have part b,c,d.
And it seems a lot of doctors
don’t accept the plan…it just happened here in Buffalo where a lot of seniors are
scrambling to find new doctors because the insurance company and a major medical group here couldn’t agree on pricing…it’s sick I feel horrible for all those impacted
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In Medicare advantage but feel it’s iffy.
Enjoy the little moments with your loved ones this holiday season:-)❤️
Compliments of the season to you and yours .
Remember to remain NON-VIOLENT.
Use your voice and your pen.
Teach the girls how to fight dirty. (YBMC)
Teach boys to respect/protect women.
There is no time! Start NOW!!
Don't be tempted by all the ads and the endless phone calls you are getting shoved at you this time of year. Don't succumb to the big insurance companies. I have had the original Medicare for 22 years and it is wonderful!
https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/use-of-prior-authorization-in-medicare-advantage-exceeded-46-million-requests-in-2022/
don’t accept the plan…it just happened here in Buffalo where a lot of seniors are
scrambling to find new doctors because the insurance company and a major medical group here couldn’t agree on pricing…it’s sick I feel horrible for all those impacted
https://hartmannreport.com/p/the-medicare-advantage-trap-what-1fc
2. Secondary insurance is stupid expensive compared to a straight Advantage plan.