Medicare Advantage: It's Still A Problem

It is the Fall, which means it's the "Medicare Enrollment" period. It is the only time of year that everyone on Medicare has the freedom to change plans, including changing from/to basic Medicare run by the Federal government from/to private corporation-based Medicare Advantage. I have posted on the issues with the Medicare Advantage program in the past. However, there still is much ignorance about such seen whenever someone on Facebook posts criticisms. There are always some commenters defending them by citing their personal experiences. Click on the links below that shows the continuing need to do away with this fraud on the people of the USA:

Deceptive Marketing Practices in Medicare Advantage that Harm Seniors

This Is Health...Care?

Medicare And Alternatives To Medicine

"I recently wrote about the free preventive medicine appointments offered by Medicare. Those are worthwhile and are based on good science, but I was surprised to see that Medicare sometimes departs from rigorously science-based standards. They also cover alternative medicine treatments based on fantasy."

It's not just Medicare. Why is ANY health insurer covering bullish!t? Click on the link below for details:

Medicare doesn’t support good science-based medicine

Pros And Cons Of A Single Payer Healthcare System

I personally favor some sort of a national single-payer healthcare system either under Medicare or under a Federal program regulating corporations. However, this is a good example of an honest and respectful presentation of some of the issues.

Pro-Con: Should states create their own single-payer health care system?

How to silence those who say, “But, how are you going to pay for it?”

What the Medicare for All fight is really about

22 studies agree: 'Medicare for All' saves money

 

Read more here: http://www.tri-cityherald.com/opinion/editorials/article212770499.html#storylink=c

Read more here: http://www.tri-cityherald.com/opinion/editorials/article212770499.html#storylink=cpy

Read more here: http://www.tri-cityherald.com/opinion/editorials/article212770499.html#storylink=cpy

An Opinion On Single-Payer Healthcare Effects

 "Single-payer health care systems deliver better outcomes at much lower cost than those that rely primarily on private insurance, as we do in the United States."

Would a Single-Payer System Require Painful Sacrifices From Doctors?

Government Single-Payer Healthcare

One can continue to believe that the government is evil and should not be the "single payer" for healthcare, or be enlightened by evidence to the contrary.

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/op-ed/article50323570.html

Update: 3/14/2017

The USA is in a heated debate over what type of healthcare insurance is best.  While the above article is still valid as far as it goes, no healthcare insurance plan is without its cons.  Below are several links that I hope will shed more light than heat on this very importance subject, both from a healthcare quality standpoint and an economic perspective.

11 Countries with Free Healthcare

Switzerland has the World's Best Healthcare system

Pros and Cons of Bernie Sanders' "Medicare for All"

Why Single-Payer Systems Spark Debate

Single-Payer System Healthcare Pros & Cons

Update: 1/7/2018

New Study: Why the U.S. Spends So Much Than Other Nations On Health Care