Social Security & Medicare

Silent Type

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20. So, take the benefits they want away from 30+ Million even though traditional Medicare isn't meeting needs.

Mon Jun 3, 2024, 11:36 PM

Jun 2024

Sorry, we’ll just have to disagree.

I’d much prefer original Medicare have those benefits, but it’s not going to happen. So, I support MA until the government changes things, which doesn’t look likely. YMMV.

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MEDICARE: Delays, Denials, Growing Privatization Leading to Harmful Outcomes in Healthcare [View all] appalachiablue Jun 2024 OP

cue the apologists to show up Skittles Jun 2024 #1

I'm not an apologist. In fact, I'm not even eligible for a decade plus. jimfields33 Jun 2024 #5

I adore President Bill Clinton! William769 Jun 2024 #28

The delusion that the 'private sector' is better Voltaire2 Jun 2024 #31

Ik, thanks for posting. Privatization is a con, scam. appalachiablue Jun 2024 #6

the goal of privatization is to maximize proffits for private corporations Skittles Jun 2024 #7

Absolutely, it's ALL about money and profit. ETA Reagan started appalachiablue Jun 2024 #9

it kills me to see Dems pimping for privatization Skittles Jun 2024 #13

Exactly. Voltaire2 Jun 2024 #30

They need to take Medicare out of the name wryter2000 Jun 2024 #2

Exactly, gab13by13 Jun 2024 #3

Medigap can be quite pricey Skittles Jun 2024 #4

Disagree that people who choose MA are so stupid they can't make rational decisions, poor maybe. Silent Type Jun 2024 #10

not stupid Skittles Jun 2024 #12

Well, the overall picture is not just you are dumb if you buy MA to the 51% of beneficiaries who voluntarily choose it. Silent Type Jun 2024 #15

orignal Medicare needs some updating Skittles Jun 2024 #19

I didn't understand for the longest time wryter2000 Jun 2024 #33

Well, you can blame Bill Clinton who signed the original legislation Part C, then became Medicare Choice+, then MA. Silent Type Jun 2024 #36

okay, I'll blame him wryter2000 Jun 2024 #38

Exactly duckworth969 Jun 2024 #16

Guess I'm an "apologist." From another article on the first lady, traditional Medicare likely would have denied Silent Type Jun 2024 #8

you need to keep researching Skittles Jun 2024 #11

Maybe, what you/others should do is call their Congresspeople and tell them to stop forcing people into MA Silent Type Jun 2024 #14

I've done plenty Skittles Jun 2024 #18

So, take the benefits they want away from 30+ Million even though traditional Medicare isn't meeting needs. Silent Type Jun 2024 #20

READ ALL OF IT Skittles Jun 2024 #21

If the only way to get these benefits to people is to pay a little extra, I'm fine with that Silent Type Jun 2024 #23

The reason that they have those "benefits that they want" markodochartaigh Jun 2024 #22

Absolutely incorrect. MA has to pay at least the same benefits as Medicare. And Medicare Silent Type Jun 2024 #24

Rather than bore you with anecdotal stories of patients and markodochartaigh Jun 2024 #29

Familiar with organization. They, like OP article, miss the fact that the woman's treatment would not have been covered Silent Type Jun 2024 #35

Not going to happen.? delisen Jun 2024 #32

It's not as though you were not warned . . . AverageOldGuy Jun 2024 #17

The employees at Medicare don't call nonstop every day of the week at dinner time trying to sell you a plan. littlemissmartypants Jun 2024 #25

I cannot say this enough and I will keep saying it till I'm blue in the face William769 Jun 2024 #26

I switched to one myself because they offered dental and eyeglass coverage which I could not have afforded otherwise. cstanleytech Jun 2024 #27

that's how they entice people to MA Skittles Dec 2024 #41

Just a question: how was she even on Medicare anything at 52? sinkingfeeling Jun 2024 #34

Social Security Disability, if approved, can be had at any age. William769 Jun 2024 #39

Guess we need to repeal ACA since the plans are private, as are medigap and drug plans. AND Silent Type Jun 2024 #37

Oy vey. William769 Jun 2024 #40