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dpibel

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87. I think the Part D penalty

Reply to moniss (Reply #86)

Sat Jan 13, 2024, 07:11 PM

Jan 2024

is what the poster was referring to as a fine.

Whatever you want to call it, it is a price and it is permanent.

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The Great Medicare Advantage Marketing Scam [View all] Celerity Jan 2024 OP

Incoming! ProfessorGAC Jan 2024 #1

will not be the first time Celerity Jan 2024 #3

This Particular Isuue... ProfessorGAC Jan 2024 #17

I for one am grateful for posts like this. ShazzieB Jan 2024 #46

yes, the apologists who have yet to be the victims Skittles Jan 2024 #34

Why is QMB for poor folk not Advertised? OhNo-Really Jan 2024 #53

I Know I Was Unaware Of It ProfessorGAC Jan 2024 #56

Wonder how much they made in revenues. redqueen Jan 2024 #2

Rick Scott says 'Yes!" rubbersole Jan 2024 #54

These insurance companies are spending mountains of dough on these advertising schemes FakeNoose Jan 2024 #4

I'd bet it's uber profitable... paleotn Jan 2024 #29

IMO MA plans offered thru the mail or on tv are not worth it. LiberalFighter Jan 2024 #5

I agree. I take a look at MA every open season just to double KPN Jan 2024 #27

I do have a Medicare Advantage plan. It is a group plan with over 500,000 enrollees not including spouses. LiberalFighter Jan 2024 #38

You are fortunate. I'm pretty sure your program is KPN Jan 2024 #59

Absolutely. LiberalFighter Jan 2024 #64

Say a big snowybirdie Jan 2024 #77

Apart from everything else, I resent thucythucy Jan 2024 #6

Just have to make regular Medicare match MOMFUDSKI Jan 2024 #7

Or get Medi-Gap gab13by13 Jan 2024 #9

If you can afford it. SalviaBlue Jan 2024 #12

An oft-overlooked point dpibel Jan 2024 #20

It won't matter what you thought you saved moniss Jan 2024 #32

The problem is what do you do with the 20% that Medicare doesn't pay? LiberalFighter Jan 2024 #40

Sigh dpibel Jan 2024 #42

First of all moniss Jan 2024 #60

DU skews "wealthy"? brooklynite Jan 2024 #69

Oh, certainly not by your standards! dpibel Jan 2024 #70

So what you're doing is redefining "wealthy" brooklynite Jan 2024 #73

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

I'm happy you have not been denied moniss Jan 2024 #67

They're sure taking their time dpibel Jan 2024 #71

The takeover of hospitals began long ago moniss Jan 2024 #72

See that is the issue...$100.00 per month is significant to me. Also, I checked out the prices Demsrule86 Jan 2024 #84

Medicare doesn't levy fines on patients moniss Jan 2024 #86

I think the Part D penalty dpibel Jan 2024 #87

Could not have said it any better! MOMFUDSKI Jan 2024 #39

Your cost estimated are greatly exaggerated. Ms. Toad Jan 2024 #74

Yeah, I just made it all up dpibel Jan 2024 #75

My point is that those numbers are inflated Ms. Toad Jan 2024 #80

So you are telling me dpibel Jan 2024 #81

AARP tells me a different story dpibel Jan 2024 #83

Interesting. Ms. Toad Jan 2024 #85

AARP Plan N in Seattle, Ms. Toad Jan 2024 #89

you pay, one way or the other Skittles Jan 2024 #35

BINGO!!!! KPN Jan 2024 #28

Don't get really sick. paleotn Jan 2024 #30

That's right moonbeam23 Jan 2024 #33

41,000 complaints!!!1!!1 dpibel Jan 2024 #8

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

No basis of comparison dpibel Jan 2024 #13

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

Yes. I have read many such articles. dpibel Jan 2024 #18

Most large insurers in the Medicare Advantage programs have been accused in court of fraud. Celerity Jan 2024 #23

Thank you dpibel Jan 2024 #24

It would probably be too much to ask Congress to rescind these MA Offenders and give better benefits to all SouthernDem4ever Jan 2024 #49

Single payer, for sure dpibel Jan 2024 #55

I'm sorry but president Clinton signed the jimfields33 Jan 2024 #58

A point of clarification dpibel Jan 2024 #51

these scams are costing the taxypayers a LOT Skittles Jan 2024 #36

As you have such command of the facts dpibel Jan 2024 #45

The whole things a huge scam. Elessar Zappa Jan 2024 #11

That is what the Federal government calls it MichMan Jan 2024 #21

Here's another heinous offender dpibel Jan 2024 #22

I wish there wasn't a penalty to go back to traditional Medicare. 1WorldHope Jan 2024 #15

That's for darned sure. ShazzieB Jan 2024 #61

Medicare was created in 1965 MichMan Jan 2024 #62

But since 1965, the costs of health care have gone through the roof. ShazzieB Jan 2024 #68

Thanks for this. lindysalsagal Jan 2024 #16

Do medicare advantage customers live longer? hunter Jan 2024 #19

The denials and delays by Medicare Advantage companies have caused many premature deaths. dalton99a Jan 2024 #26

I've not seen that documentation dpibel Jan 2024 #47

I waited most of my adult life to qualify for Medicare... mike_c Jan 2024 #25

A friend of mine moniss Jan 2024 #31

Whatever happened to "if it looks too good to be true, it probably is." PortTack Jan 2024 #37

Celerity- how much are you spending per MOMFUDSKI Jan 2024 #41

Plus Medigap and Part D nft dpibel Jan 2024 #48

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

You live in MOMFUDSKI Jan 2024 #63

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

So you have National Healthcare in MOMFUDSKI Jan 2024 #76

Here is a description of our system: Celerity Jan 2024 #78

I've had my union, company health multigraincracker Jan 2024 #43

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

In the insurance industry moniss Jan 2024 #52

So I've got family who signed up for MA plans when they became eligible to do so. And... Beartracks Jan 2024 #57

I've been on regular Medicare for years without even a supplemental policy. During Vinca Jan 2024 #79

Thanks for the small things in life that make a huge difference. SlimJimmy Jan 2024 #82

if... myohmy2 Jan 2024 #88