Social Security & Medicare

Skittles

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4. Medigap can be quite pricey

Mon Jun 3, 2024, 09:32 PM

Jun 2024

What the Advantage scam says is HEY, look at this DEAL we are giving you - cheaper and with EXTRA STUFF! It works fine if you stay healthy.....what people don't understand is these companies have INCENTIVE to deny you care, which pretty much EVERYONE will eventually need.

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MEDICARE: Delays, Denials, Growing Privatization Leading to Harmful Outcomes in Healthcare [View all] appalachiablue Jun 2024 OP

cue the apologists to show up Skittles Jun 2024 #1

I'm not an apologist. In fact, I'm not even eligible for a decade plus. jimfields33 Jun 2024 #5

I adore President Bill Clinton! William769 Jun 2024 #28

The delusion that the 'private sector' is better Voltaire2 Jun 2024 #31

Ik, thanks for posting. Privatization is a con, scam. appalachiablue Jun 2024 #6

the goal of privatization is to maximize proffits for private corporations Skittles Jun 2024 #7

Absolutely, it's ALL about money and profit. ETA Reagan started appalachiablue Jun 2024 #9

it kills me to see Dems pimping for privatization Skittles Jun 2024 #13

Exactly. Voltaire2 Jun 2024 #30

They need to take Medicare out of the name wryter2000 Jun 2024 #2

Exactly, gab13by13 Jun 2024 #3

Medigap can be quite pricey Skittles Jun 2024 #4

Disagree that people who choose MA are so stupid they can't make rational decisions, poor maybe. Silent Type Jun 2024 #10

not stupid Skittles Jun 2024 #12

Well, the overall picture is not just you are dumb if you buy MA to the 51% of beneficiaries who voluntarily choose it. Silent Type Jun 2024 #15

orignal Medicare needs some updating Skittles Jun 2024 #19

I didn't understand for the longest time wryter2000 Jun 2024 #33

Well, you can blame Bill Clinton who signed the original legislation Part C, then became Medicare Choice+, then MA. Silent Type Jun 2024 #36

okay, I'll blame him wryter2000 Jun 2024 #38

Exactly duckworth969 Jun 2024 #16

Guess I'm an "apologist." From another article on the first lady, traditional Medicare likely would have denied Silent Type Jun 2024 #8

you need to keep researching Skittles Jun 2024 #11

Maybe, what you/others should do is call their Congresspeople and tell them to stop forcing people into MA Silent Type Jun 2024 #14

I've done plenty Skittles Jun 2024 #18

So, take the benefits they want away from 30+ Million even though traditional Medicare isn't meeting needs. Silent Type Jun 2024 #20

READ ALL OF IT Skittles Jun 2024 #21

If the only way to get these benefits to people is to pay a little extra, I'm fine with that Silent Type Jun 2024 #23

The reason that they have those "benefits that they want" markodochartaigh Jun 2024 #22

Absolutely incorrect. MA has to pay at least the same benefits as Medicare. And Medicare Silent Type Jun 2024 #24

Rather than bore you with anecdotal stories of patients and markodochartaigh Jun 2024 #29

Familiar with organization. They, like OP article, miss the fact that the woman's treatment would not have been covered Silent Type Jun 2024 #35

Not going to happen.? delisen Jun 2024 #32

It's not as though you were not warned . . . AverageOldGuy Jun 2024 #17

The employees at Medicare don't call nonstop every day of the week at dinner time trying to sell you a plan. littlemissmartypants Jun 2024 #25

I cannot say this enough and I will keep saying it till I'm blue in the face William769 Jun 2024 #26

I switched to one myself because they offered dental and eyeglass coverage which I could not have afforded otherwise. cstanleytech Jun 2024 #27

that's how they entice people to MA Skittles Dec 2 #41

Just a question: how was she even on Medicare anything at 52? sinkingfeeling Jun 2024 #34

Social Security Disability, if approved, can be had at any age. William769 Jun 2024 #39

Guess we need to repeal ACA since the plans are private, as are medigap and drug plans. AND Silent Type Jun 2024 #37

Oy vey. William769 Jun 2024 #40