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In reply to the discussion: The Great Medicare Advantage Marketing Scam [View all]
dpibel
(3,455 posts)70. Oh, certainly not by your standards!
In terms of being able to easily afford a few hundred bucks for insurance; compared to the very poor. That kind of wealthy. It's a bit relative, isn't it?
I surely did not mean to imply that, compared to you, the average DUer does not live in grinding, abject, poverty. I know that you're really wealthy.
How could I not? I read with a fair amount of attention and considerable comprehension.
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These insurance companies are spending mountains of dough on these advertising schemes
FakeNoose
Jan 2024
#4
I do have a Medicare Advantage plan. It is a group plan with over 500,000 enrollees not including spouses.
LiberalFighter
Jan 2024
#38
I spent 46 days in the hospital and had open hear surgery last year. I was never denied. I just had
Demsrule86
Jan 2024
#66
See that is the issue...$100.00 per month is significant to me. Also, I checked out the prices
Demsrule86
Jan 2024
#84
It more than doubled in just one year (from 2020 to 2021). It would be interesting to see the numbers now, especially
Celerity
Jan 2024
#10
The number of complaints made is hardly the most important determinative factor as to whether MA is a scam or not.
Celerity
Jan 2024
#14
Most large insurers in the Medicare Advantage programs have been accused in court of fraud.
Celerity
Jan 2024
#23
It would probably be too much to ask Congress to rescind these MA Offenders and give better benefits to all
SouthernDem4ever
Jan 2024
#49
The denials and delays by Medicare Advantage companies have caused many premature deaths.
dalton99a
Jan 2024
#26
In Sweden the most you can pay for all medical and pharma in a rolling 12 month period is around 325 USD total.
Celerity
Jan 2024
#50
Yes, I was born in Los Angeles, my parents moved back to London before I was 2, and I grew up in west London
Celerity
Jan 2024
#65
It's all bullshit. Richest country in the world but we wouldn't want to have "SOCIALIZED" health care for all like
Evolve Dammit
Jan 2024
#44
So I've got family who signed up for MA plans when they became eligible to do so. And...
Beartracks
Jan 2024
#57