By Brenda GazzarCode Wack Podcast, November 12, 2023
What can be done in light of Medicare Advantage overcharging taxpayers to the tune
Physicians gather in Atlanta to march for Medicaid expansion, AMC site
By Donovan J. Thomas
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Nov. 12, 2023
A national group of doctors gathered Sunday for a march in downtown Atlanta, pushing for the expansion
Four Ways Medicare Advantage is ripping you off
This article includes audioBy Brenda GazzarCode Wack Podcast, November 6, 2023
Medicare Advantage is overcharging the federal government – and you won’t believe by how much! How’s
‘Deny, deny, deny’: By rejecting claims, Medicare Advantage plans threaten rural hospitals and patients, say CEOs
This article includes videoBy Gretchen Morgenson
NBC News, October 31, 2023
For decades, Rose Stone counted on the Alliance HealthCare System in rural Holly Springs, Mississippi, for her medical needs.
Seniors, beware: Medicare open enrollment feels like ‘open season’ on older Americans
By Carol Paris, M.D.
The Tennessean, October 30, 2023
Open enrollment goes through Dec. 7. My mailbox is already filling with official-looking letters from commercial insurance companies
Hospitals, doctors drop private Medicare plans over payment disputes
By Ken Alltucker
USA TODAY, October 27, 2023
One large health system with hospitals in Virginia and Ohio this year cut off in-network access to consumers enrolled
Medicare Advantage keeps growing. Tiny, rural hospitals say that’s a huge problem.
This article includes audioBy Sarah Jane Tribble
NPR, All Things Considered, October 17, 2023
Jason Bleak runs Battle Mountain General Hospital, a small facility in a remote Nevada gold-mining town
Medicare for All Explained Podcast: Episode 104
This article includes audioOctober 15, 2023
Podcast host Joe Sparks wonders why the myth that the U.S. has the best health care system in the world persists, when all
The Great Medicaid Unwinding
By Adam Gaffney, M.D., M.P.H.
The Nation, October 6, 2023
Ronald Reagan’s ascent to the presidency delivered a swift kick to the nation’s poor—especially those who had
Medicare Advantage Overbills Taxpayers by $140 Billion a Year—Enough to Wipe Out Medicare Premiums
By Jake Johnson
Common Dreams, October 4, 2023
A report published Wednesday estimates that privately run, government-funded Medicare Advantage plans are overcharging U.S. taxpayers by up to $140 billion per year,
Insurers Are Gaming Medicare — To The Tune Of $140 Billion
By Matthew Cunningham-Cook and Lucy Dean Stockton
The Lever, October 4, 2023
The federal government is losing as much as $140 billion per year by subsidizing private
Hospitals are dropping Medicare Advantage left and right
By Jakob Emerson
Becker’s Hospital Review, September 27, 2023
Medicare Advantage provides health coverage to more than half of the nation's seniors, but a growing number of hospitals and