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kcr

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36. The problem is

Wed Jun 8, 2022, 01:50 PM

Jun 2022

The updating and improving will never happen while schemes like Advantage are eating away at it. Part of the improving and updating has to include ditching for-profit schemes like Advantage.

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'Our Seniors Deserve Better': Jayapal Demands End of All Medicare Privatization Schemes [View all] douglas9 Jun 2022 OP

should have never happened , but raygun wanted it . so did the insurance cos . AllaN01Bear Jun 2022 #1

Reagan destroyed so much jimfields33 Jun 2022 #32

NO. And we will lose votes because of this. I can't afford traditional Medicare. Jaypal should Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #2

I'm 13 years from Medicare but I do know a lot of people on Medicare advantage jimfields33 Jun 2022 #7

That is only if you are low income and have won of the older plans...and believe me Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #17

I work in a hospital where I exclusively handle Medicaid. xmas74 Jun 2022 #37

There is no $25.00s for groceries in any current plan. Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #51

Yes there is. I promise you there is jimfields33 Jun 2022 #59

You have a point, but there are things that need to be fixed karynnj Jun 2022 #9

You add up Medigap, Part B (which my Advantage plan gives me back $100.00) Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #18

There are not copays and out-of-pocket (beyond a small deductible) unless you choose them. Ms. Toad Jun 2022 #34

That is simply untrue. The best plans start with about $400 per month...they can be way Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #53

The best plan currently available Ms. Toad Jun 2022 #54

Medicare...now the plans I saw except or high deductible G were on average $200. Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #58

Please provide even a single plan which is over $200. Ms. Toad Jun 2022 #60

Are you aware that some Medigap plans have no out of pocket limits? Did you Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #25

What does that have to do with regulating Medicare advantage? karynnj Jun 2022 #35

You don't really understand. People like me are buying advantage because we simply can't Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #52

Reread what I wrote karynnj Jun 2022 #56

Thanks for helping to bankrupt real Medicare so it goes away for all. House of Roberts Jun 2022 #14

I guess I should fall on my sword and not have health care so all of you can 'save' Medicare. Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #19

Sounds like you're on a Medicaid subsidy House of Roberts Jun 2022 #26

I have Medicare Advantage and they charge no premium, and pay $100.00 of my Part B and Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #30

Depending on your income xmas74 Jun 2022 #39

Actually, I have used my Advantage plan for heart issues that were caused by Covid...and I Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #50

Then you were lucky. xmas74 Jun 2022 #57

Stop repeating false claims about original medicare Ms. Toad Jun 2022 #31

They would be replaced with far better options. But, none of this will happen anyway, the for profit Celerity Jun 2022 #46

I think at the very least the name "Medicare" shouldn't be allowed as a name for Advantage Liberal In Texas Jun 2022 #3

I'm more concerned about the advertising and heavy sell - Ms. Toad Jun 2022 #38

it's all very confusing and they don't tell you enough when you are 64 Tree Lady Jun 2022 #40

Virtually every place takes Medicare. Ms. Toad Jun 2022 #43

Medicare could do a better job defining what they offer in comparison. kentuck Jun 2022 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jun 2022 #5

I researched the plans extensively and Medicare is becoming more and more unaffordable. Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #8

Medicare has to go up as the Advantage plans steal from it. House of Roberts Jun 2022 #15

I don't think that is true. I looked online and I see a Thom Hartmann article and much written Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #27

Did you resesarch them BEFORE you enrolled, or only as an option to switch Ms. Toad Jun 2022 #33

I don't have an 11,000 deductible first of all...it is just over $1200. And the savings on Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #49

I compared plans as I wanted original Medicare when I go on it, but it was too much money. Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #20

One risk pool is a health care system. Multiple risk pools is an investment scheme. Ron Green Jun 2022 #6

I Love My Medicare Advantage Plan as Do Millions of Others Indykatie Jun 2022 #10

Folks always love getting more than traditional Medicare House of Roberts Jun 2022 #16

Well that will be your fault as well won't it...it seems you think keeping original Medicare Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #23

I never advocated keeping Medicare as it is. House of Roberts Jun 2022 #28

Well it seems to me it should be updated and improved first so that millions of people don't Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #29

The problem is kcr Jun 2022 #36

I am progressive and I agree...why not call for improvements on original Medicare instead of Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #21

I agree...the ones I have asked about their plans are grandfathered in on better rates than Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #24

Nonsense. Ms. Toad Jun 2022 #41

If you have a plan...like G for example...you can still have and are grandfathered in... Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #44

Keep in mind that the plans are very different now than they were when said 94 year old Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #47

Yes, yes, fucking yes! Magoo48 Jun 2022 #11

End it now. nt Hotler Jun 2022 #12

You don't have the votes...thank God. Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #22

I agree. Medicare Advantage and ACO REACH should be ENDED. NOW. CousinIT Jun 2022 #13

Medicare coverage should be expanded so that Advantage plans are not needed...nt Wounded Bear Jun 2022 #42

So extend it. Until then leave Advantage alone as millions depend on it and if you look at Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #45

...K&R... spanone Jun 2022 #48

And.....? brooklynite Jun 2022 #55

If it stops all of those Medicare spam/commercials at enrollment time, I'm all for it. NCLefty Jun 2022 #61