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This article link below is interesting re: Medicare Advantage plans and how the current ads to scare seniors are misleading. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/insurers-put-millions-in-mediscare-ads-to-save-advantage-rates
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I have read that AARP makes over $800 million annually from UHC. Pushing these plans seems to be a conflict of interest when they say they are supporting Medicare. Those of us on traditional Medicare do not want it privatized. The effort to do so via...
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AARP continues to be silent on their support of Medicare Advantage and REACH plans because of the money they make with their arrangement with United Healthcare. They cannot be seen as true advocates for seniors so long as this relationship keeps them...
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The article mentioned is compelling. It states: "Seniors buying Medicare Advantage plans often think — even though they know they’re getting the plan through an insurance company — that they’re somehow still in Medicare or backstopped by Medicare. Th...
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It is my understanding that the program was started under the previous administration under a different name. The Biden administration simply changed the name.
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This article link below is interesting re: Medicare Advantage plans and how the current ads to scare seniors are misleading. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/insurers-put-millions-in-mediscare-ads-to-save-advantage-rates
jp2306867 02-17-2023 01:22 PM
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I have read that AARP makes over $800 million annually from UHC. Pushing these plans seems to be a conflict of interest when they say they are supporting Medicare. Those of us on traditional Medicare do not want it privatized. The effort to do so via...
jp2306867 02-05-2023 06:07 AM
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AARP continues to be silent on their support of Medicare Advantage and REACH plans because of the money they make with their arrangement with United Healthcare. They cannot be seen as true advocates for seniors so long as this relationship keeps them...
jp2306867 02-04-2023 06:07 AM
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The article mentioned is compelling. It states: "Seniors buying Medicare Advantage plans often think — even though they know they’re getting the plan through an insurance company — that they’re somehow still in Medicare or backstopped by Medicare. Th...
jp2306867 01-22-2023 11:13 AM
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It is my understanding that the program was started under the previous administration under a different name. The Biden administration simply changed the name.
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This article link below is interesting re: Medicare Advantage plans and how the current ads to scare seniors are misleading. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/insurers-put-millions-in-mediscare-ads-to-save-advantage-rates
jp2306867 02-17-2023 01:22 PM
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I have read that AARP makes over $800 million annually from UHC. Pushing these plans seems to be a conflict of interest when they say they are supporting Medicare. Those of us on traditional Medicare do not want it privatized. The effort to do so via...
jp2306867 02-05-2023 06:07 AM
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AARP continues to be silent on their support of Medicare Advantage and REACH plans because of the money they make with their arrangement with United Healthcare. They cannot be seen as true advocates for seniors so long as this relationship keeps them...
jp2306867 02-04-2023 06:07 AM
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The article mentioned is compelling. It states: "Seniors buying Medicare Advantage plans often think — even though they know they’re getting the plan through an insurance company — that they’re somehow still in Medicare or backstopped by Medicare. Th...
jp2306867 01-22-2023 11:13 AM
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It is my understanding that the program was started under the previous administration under a different name. The Biden administration simply changed the name.
jp2306867 01-22-2023 11:00 AM
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