PNHP president Dr. Phil Verhoef appeared on “The Rick Smith Show” on January 27, 2023. Dr. Verhoef warned viewers about the rapid privatization of Medicare—started in earnest under the Medicare Advantage program and continuing under the recently launched ACO REACH program.
Commercial insurance companies and other for-profit entities are “looking at REACH as an opportunity to make money,” he said. “The only way you make money as an insurance company is by not covering care.”