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PoindexterOglethorpe

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22. How exactly is that much different from regular Health Care plans?

Reply to usonian (Original post)

Mon Mar 13, 2023, 01:46 PM

Mar 2023

I have a friend who is battling pancreatic cancer, and her health care provider keeps on denying medications she needs, including an anti-nausea patch.

The underlying problem is that almost all health care coverage of any kind, including hospitals, are for-profit. I remember several years ago people who worked for the health care companies testifying to Congress that they got bonuses for denying patient claims.

So Advantage Plans aren't the only villains out there.

I have one and I've been very happy with it so far.

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Denied by AI: How Medicare Advantage plans use algorithms to cut off care for seniors in need [View all] usonian Mar 2023 OP

AI sounds Republican. sarcasmo Mar 2023 #1

IOW, profit-driven. ariadne0614 Mar 2023 #11

Kicking for Visibility SheltieLover Mar 2023 #2

'That's proprietary' EYESORE 9001 Mar 2023 #3

Everything programmatic is AI Renew Deal Mar 2023 #4

Wow. An AI "death panel". The Unmitigated Gall Mar 2023 #5

Good one! keithbvadu2 Mar 2023 #10

just had to deal with Navi health for my mother's rehab in a nursing home. Kota Mar 2023 #6

as I rapidly approach 65...... getagrip_already Mar 2023 #7

Please look carefully at original Medicare. The Advantage plans are insurance profit centers. Lonestarblue Mar 2023 #12

Anyone tempted to sign up for an Advantage plan dflprincess Mar 2023 #14

If feels overwhelming at first. Big Blue Marble Mar 2023 #13

I had no idea that Advantage plans were privatized Meicare. 1WorldHope Mar 2023 #15

As Others Said... ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #33

Algorithms Should Be Eliminated WiVoter Mar 2023 #8

I'm 63 I don't believe I will ever see a penny of SS and won't live to Medicare age. Runningdawg Mar 2023 #9

Now that is some sad shit to hear. Could you qualify for Medicaid now? 1WorldHope Mar 2023 #16

I just watched a friend go through the process. He was homeless before he saw any money Runningdawg Mar 2023 #21

I get it. I don't know where you live, but aging services is a federal program that covers the whole 1WorldHope Mar 2023 #27

... progressoid Mar 2023 #18

you can start collecting early ss benefits.. getagrip_already Mar 2023 #25

Yet another reason to slog through the difficult process of getting regular Medicare. TygrBright Mar 2023 #17

well said!!! MissB Mar 2023 #19

Plus 100. "I did that." usonian Mar 2023 #20

How exactly is that much different from regular Health Care plans? PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2023 #22

The Advantage Plans don't have a monopoly on cruelty! usonian Mar 2023 #23

Advantage plans are a scam. RUN The Jungle 1 Mar 2023 #24

I have often wondered if a certain level of complexity in healthcare_ Prairie_Seagull Mar 2023 #26

These are tough decisions, made harder by the flood of propaganda. usonian Mar 2023 #28

Solid advise, for me and my file cabinets full, I have mostly figured shit out. Prairie_Seagull Mar 2023 #29

You might speak to friends. But that's a smallish sample of a large population. usonian Mar 2023 #30

glad to see the Boston Globe picked up this story. IcyPeas Mar 2023 #31

Thanks! Bean Town needs to know. usonian Mar 2023 #32