https://community.aarp.org/t5/Medicare-Insurance/Why-Medicare-Advantage-Patients-Walk-Away/m-p/2616788#M11712 <P><FONT face="comic sans ms,sans-serif" size="5" color="#000000">I am very satisfied with my Medicare Advantage plan. I have Baylor Scott and White Medicare Advantage. I have used it for many years.</FONT></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><A href="https://community.aarp.org/t5/media/gallerypage/image-id/1234iBDA7FFA3A232E6CD" target="_blank"><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper" image-alt="Border Collie and God Bless America" style="width: 225px;"><img src="https://community.aarp.org/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1234iBDA7FFA3A232E6CD/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="bordercollieGBA" alt="Border Collie and God Bless America" /><span class="lia-inline-image-caption" onclick="event.preventDefault();">Border Collie and God Bless America</span></span></A></P> Fri, 27 Jun 2025 23:51:30 GMT cat0w 2025-06-27T23:51:30Z https://community.aarp.org/t5/Medicare-Insurance/Why-Medicare-Advantage-Patients-Walk-Away/m-p/2616754#M11711 <P class=""><SPAN class="">Yet another newflash study reaching the same conclusions. The risk of being trampled by the MA cash cows herded by Wall Street is greatest for those most in need and least able to react. The original article is behind a paywall but summarized in the second (along with editorial comment.) As always and especially in healthcare, YMMV.</SPAN></P><P class="">&nbsp;</P><P class=""><A href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/abs/10.1377/hlthaff.2024.01536?journalCode=hlthaff" target="_self"><U><SPAN class="">Medicare Advantage Plan Disenrollment: Beneficiaries Cite Access, Cost, And Quality Among Reasons For Leaving</SPAN></U></A><SPAN class="">. Health Affairs Vol. 44, No. 6: Payment Policy, Medicare Advantage &amp; More</SPAN></P><P class="">&nbsp;</P><P class=""><A href="https://www.acsh.org/news/2025/06/04/churn-and-burn-why-medicare-advantage-patients-walk-away-49531" target="_self"><U><SPAN class="">Churn and Burn: Why Medicare Advantage Patients Walk Away.</SPAN></U></A><SPAN class=""> American Council on Science and Health</SPAN></P> Fri, 27 Jun 2025 20:30:36 GMT https://community.aarp.org/t5/Medicare-Insurance/Why-Medicare-Advantage-Patients-Walk-Away/m-p/2616754#M11711 steve960 2025-06-27T20:30:36Z https://community.aarp.org/t5/Medicare-Insurance/Why-Medicare-Advantage-Patients-Walk-Away/m-p/2616788#M11712 <P><FONT face="comic sans ms,sans-serif" size="5" color="#000000">I am very satisfied with my Medicare Advantage plan. I have Baylor Scott and White Medicare Advantage. I have used it for many years.</FONT></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><A href="https://community.aarp.org/t5/media/gallerypage/image-id/1234iBDA7FFA3A232E6CD" target="_blank"><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper" image-alt="Border Collie and God Bless America" style="width: 225px;"><img src="https://community.aarp.org/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1234iBDA7FFA3A232E6CD/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="bordercollieGBA" alt="Border Collie and God Bless America" /><span class="lia-inline-image-caption" onclick="event.preventDefault();">Border Collie and God Bless America</span></span></A></P> Fri, 27 Jun 2025 23:51:30 GMT https://community.aarp.org/t5/Medicare-Insurance/Why-Medicare-Advantage-Patients-Walk-Away/m-p/2616788#M11712 cat0w 2025-06-27T23:51:30Z