By Brenda Gazzar
Code Wack Podcast, Jan. 26, 2026
How does Medicare Advantage—also known as privatized Medicare—fail seniors … especially seniors of color? Why do many seniors find they actually have no other choice than an Advantage plan? What’s the consequence of that lack of choice? And how do Medicare Advantage insurance plans actually deepen racial and income disparities?
To find out, we spoke with Dr. Belinda McIntosh – an Atlanta-based psychiatrist with more than 20 years of experience, a board member of Physicians for a National Health Program, and co-author of a new PNHP report titled “No Real Choices: How Medicare Advantage Fails Seniors of Color.” This is the first episode in a two-part series.
Check out the Transcript and Show Notes for more!