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@aruzinsky perhaps you need to read your own post and see if you can connect the dots.
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Carriers are given money for every MA policyholder. The amount varies based on a formula but the base is in the $700/month range. Carriers are allowed to spend/invest that money however they choose. Those dollars can be used to offset claims, cover a...
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@m702796s .I think AARP gets such a kickback for having their name attached to this Medicare plan and getting so many new enrollees for UHC Of COURSE they earn a "kickback" for promoting products, INCLUDING those from UHC. Those revenues go to a subs...
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41 MA/MAPD plans in my area including 7 who do not have a drug plan paired with their MA plan. Five different carriers INCLUDING UHC offer MA without requiring a drug plan. All MA/MAPD plans are "off the shelf, one-size-fits-all" coverage. If you do...
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@GailL1 this thread is over 2 years old and 100+ opinions. Opinions are just like navels. Everyone has one and everybody thinks theirs is right. The good thing about drug plans is this. If you don't like the plan you have change it during the next op...
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@aruzinsky perhaps you need to read your own post and see if you can connect the dots.
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Carriers are given money for every MA policyholder. The amount varies based on a formula but the base is in the $700/month range. Carriers are allowed to spend/invest that money however they choose. Those dollars can be used to offset claims, cover a...
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@m702796s .I think AARP gets such a kickback for having their name attached to this Medicare plan and getting so many new enrollees for UHC Of COURSE they earn a "kickback" for promoting products, INCLUDING those from UHC. Those revenues go to a subs...
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41 MA/MAPD plans in my area including 7 who do not have a drug plan paired with their MA plan. Five different carriers INCLUDING UHC offer MA without requiring a drug plan. All MA/MAPD plans are "off the shelf, one-size-fits-all" coverage. If you do...
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@GailL1 this thread is over 2 years old and 100+ opinions. Opinions are just like navels. Everyone has one and everybody thinks theirs is right. The good thing about drug plans is this. If you don't like the plan you have change it during the next op...
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@aruzinsky perhaps you need to read your own post and see if you can connect the dots.
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Carriers are given money for every MA policyholder. The amount varies based on a formula but the base is in the $700/month range. Carriers are allowed to spend/invest that money however they choose. Those dollars can be used to offset claims, cover a...
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@m702796s .I think AARP gets such a kickback for having their name attached to this Medicare plan and getting so many new enrollees for UHC Of COURSE they earn a "kickback" for promoting products, INCLUDING those from UHC. Those revenues go to a subs...
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41 MA/MAPD plans in my area including 7 who do not have a drug plan paired with their MA plan. Five different carriers INCLUDING UHC offer MA without requiring a drug plan. All MA/MAPD plans are "off the shelf, one-size-fits-all" coverage. If you do...
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@GailL1 this thread is over 2 years old and 100+ opinions. Opinions are just like navels. Everyone has one and everybody thinks theirs is right. The good thing about drug plans is this. If you don't like the plan you have change it during the next op...
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