Posts Tagged ‘Medicare Advantage (old)’
Government insiders misappropriate funds to Medicare Advantage insurers
By Don McCanne for PNHP – U.S. to boost rather than cut payments to health insurers By Sandhya Somashekhar The Washington Post, April 1, 2013 The Obama administration reversed itself Monday, scrapping plans to cut by 2.2 percent the rates paid to health insurers that take part in the Medicare Advantage program. The insurance industry…
Read MorePrivate Insurers Profit by Ripping Off Medicare
Researchers say private programs like Medicare Advantage just add waste; Call for reformed, expanded Medicare for All From Common Dreams – New research by health care experts concludes that privately run insurance plans designed to supplement the Medicare system serve no truly useful purpose and instead of helping seniors receive better care, Medicare Advantage plans…
Read MoreAstroturf Lobby Charged With Tricking Old Folks Into Writing Letters To Editors
By Ryan Grim for the Huffington Post— Medicare Advantage plans — publicly funded but privately administered Medicare plans — are regularly accused of tricking the elderly into giving up their Medicare coverage for an Advantage plan that doesn’t suit them. In response, are they now tricking old folks into signing letters to local newspapers, hoping…
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