Republicans' healthcare proposal if Trump wins? More private Medicare [View all]
Source: The Guardian
“Medicare Advantage plans can be enticing because they often include food or transportation cards, $0 monthly premiums and hearing, vision and dental benefits – none of which are included in traditional Medicare.
Kinsell notes that the problems usually start when people get sick.
“Patients have been unable to get into rehab, or stay,” she said. Others were charged $50 a day for rehab when the service is normally free for a short period in traditional Medicare.
“We’ve spent a lot of time in our district office with seniors who got hoodwinked by these corporate insurance plans,” said Democratic US representative Pramila Jayapal of Washington state. Jayapal has called for “urgent reforms” and consumer protections to be added to Medicare Advantage.”
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/26/trump-republican-healthcare-plan-medicare
Good article on how Medicare Advantage takes advantage of seniors. Republicans pushed Advantage plans as a way to save money, but they actually cost more. Such plans are estimated to cost the government $83 billion more just this year than traditional Medicare. As usual, insurers have learned to game the system to inflate their charges and earn more profit while denying or reducing care.
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