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 Is Under Attack By The Greedy

"Medicare, the largest health care payer in the nation, is also the single biggest source of revenue for pharmaceutical companies. Since Medicare’s creation, federal law has restricted the program’s coverage to items and services that are “reasonable and necessary.” Legislation introduced earlier this year, however, takes aim at Medicare’s foundational discretion to decide whether to cover a new product. These efforts are misguided—Medicare cannot and should not automatically cover every drug or device approved or cleared by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Medicare’s ability to decline, limit, or condition coverage of medical products that lack robust evidence is crucial to safeguarding taxpayer dollars and protecting public health."

Click on the link below for more:

Protecting Medicare’s Discretion to Say No to Unproven Therapies

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

Medicare: Choose Wisely

TV is loaded with commercials touting the "advantages" of Medicare Advantage Programs for seniors. If you are a senior, or about to become one, be careful with the hype to which you are exposed. Click on the links below to educate yourself against the less-than-full information:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y992eu1a_tw

https://www.medicarefaq.com/faqs/why-medicare-advantage-plans-are-bad/

https://www.medicarerights.org/medicare-watch/2021/07/01/medicare-advantage-may-expose-enrollees-to-higher-risk-of-cost-related-problems

https://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/disadvantages-medicare-advantage-plan

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/010816/pitfalls-medicare-advantage-plans.asp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqhBhbrXvwA

Medicare Advantage Plans: Let The Buyer Beware

Advertisements for these products are overwhelming the advertisements for the traditional Medicare Supplemental Plans. While there are pros and cons in both, this brief article will make you at least a little more educated in the matter.

How easy it is to be misled by Medicare Advantage plans