Social Security & Medicare

Stargazer99

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1. I TOLD YOU A LONG TIME AGO-and they have made it where you cannot get out once you are part of

Thu Oct 17, 2024, 06:08 AM

Oct 2024

this medicare advantage program. This is why profit motive medical care should NEVER be allowed. They got you cornered and you are going to be bled...they must be laughing all the way to the bank. Capitalism is an evil system hurting the least powerful in the system like animals out in the wild and I call that evil to hurt the most vulnerable.

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34 Million Seniors in Medicare Advantage Plans Face Rude Awakening [View all] douglas9 Oct 2024 OP

I TOLD YOU A LONG TIME AGO-and they have made it where you cannot get out once you are part of Stargazer99 Oct 2024 #1

How and when can I switch from Medicare Advantage to traditional Medicare? douglas9 Oct 2024 #2

I was told that they have made it that once you are on one of the medicare advantange programs Stargazer99 Oct 2024 #3

You can be denied access to medigap insurance. Voltaire2 Oct 2024 #5

Getting off is no problem. You will be back to only the bare Medicare with the 20% match (I think) LiberalArkie Oct 2024 #6

It can be a problem switching to medical if you have lots of health problems already EYESORE 9001 Oct 2024 #7

Yes, that is the problem. But going to "regular Medicare" is not a problem. LiberalArkie Oct 2024 #16

We were duped into Medicare Advantage by our union. That was 14 years ago. doc03 Oct 2024 #18

Depends droidamus2 Oct 2024 #22

If you were in MA for 18 months or more Voltaire2 Oct 2024 #36

The problem is not Medicare but private advantage plans and supplemental plans hot2na Oct 2024 #14

Many folks can't DownriverDem Oct 2024 #15

They're attacking moreland01 Oct 2024 #17

That's often not how it comes across Doc Sportello Oct 2024 #29

Yep DownriverDem Oct 2024 #32

My husband turns 65 moreland01 Oct 2024 #37

Sorry you didn't understand Doc Sportello Oct 2024 #43

Not true DownriverDem Oct 2024 #31

Anything named Medicare XXX is not really medicare. Dyedinthewoolliberal Oct 2024 #19

Do you understand DownriverDem Oct 2024 #34

when enough people are on these MA plans, MEDICARE WILL CEASE TO EXIST Skittles Nov 15 #47

It is really confusing, and it is meant to be. markodochartaigh Oct 2024 #39

The same can be said for the entire insurance industry mdbl Oct 2024 #10

The phone calls have started. multigraincracker Oct 2024 #4

Our healthcare system is a disgrace and getting worse. Lonestarblue Oct 2024 #8

A lot of the senior staff in CMS (the US agency that administers Medicare and Medicaid) are planted erronis Oct 2024 #21

imagine what will happen NOW Skittles Nov 15 #48

By them cancelling MA plans NHvet Oct 2024 #9

Erronis warned me about this long ago. Bumbles Oct 2024 #11

Shit, guess I need to check this out. I was just assuming continued coverage with similar benefits. lark Oct 2024 #12

The US markodochartaigh Oct 2024 #13

Wow! That's close to what I have said for decades. barbaraann Oct 2024 #38

with MA, they literally make more profit the less care they authorize Skittles Nov 16 #49

I would suggest that MA people switch to Medicare's supplement with United Healthcare's Plan F. ancianita Oct 2024 #20

Or Plan G for younger folks Auggie Oct 2024 #23

Sure, whatever the most benefits that are affordable. (Hope you're not being sarcastic, cuz I've not heard of Plan G.) ancianita Oct 2024 #24

No sarcasm. Plan F was phased out a few years ago. Auggie Oct 2024 #27

Plan F is being grandfathered. I think. yorkster Oct 2024 #30

I hear you. I'll take your word for it. ancianita Oct 2024 #40

When we first went on Medicare about 12 yrs. yorkster Oct 2024 #44

Yes, that's when I signed off Medicare Advantage and onto United Healthcare Plan F through my pension fund. ancianita Oct 2024 #45

I have Plan G and so far, so good. QED Oct 2024 #26

Might vary by state, but Farm Bureau Plan F was the cheapest by hundreds per month for Plan F when I signed up a few yrs SheltieLover Oct 2024 #33

Thank you. Great post because it's so helpful! ancianita Oct 2024 #41

You are most welcome! SheltieLover Oct 2024 #42

I was on MA years ago. Jacson6 Oct 2024 #25

My agent told me yesterday all the things my plan reduces for next year. So niyad Oct 2024 #28

The State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) can help. nbsmom Oct 2024 #35

I may choose to bail on my MA plan this year ThoughtCriminal Oct 2024 #46