…hundreds of thousands of seniors to their private Medicare Advantage plans this year. New benefits for seniors under Medicare Advantage began Wednesday, the first day of the 2020 New Year,…
'Medicare Advantage' a misnomer
Taxpayers foot bill for private insurance to inadequately cover seniors' health care
…has revealed a disturbingly consistent picture, one which only seems to be growing. Countless seniors purchasing Medicare Advantage plans have been preyed upon and unwittingly taken advantage of by insurance…
Obama administration's dishonest promotion of Medicare Advantage
Medicare Advantage Premiums To Fall 4% Next Year
…per capita for beneficiaries in the private plans than it spends on those in traditional Medicare. Federal payments were frozen to Medicare Advantage plans this year and are dropping by…
Let's end the Medicare Advantage shell game
Medicare Advantage in 2008
…paid for by a reduction in overpayments to the private Medicare Advantage plans. It is crucial that we understand what we are purchasing with these Medicare Advantage overpayments. The Medicare…
Medicare Advantage & DCEs: How Corporate Investors Deplete Medicare
…the DCE, CMS, and Medigap. Thus, magically, seniors who chose traditional Medicare will find themselves in a Medicare Advantage-like situation. And maybe headed to Medicare Advantage. DCE enrollees may be…
Accountability for Medicare Advantage plans is long overdue
PNHP Comments on CY 2024 Advance Notice of Methodological Changes for Medicare Advantage Capitation Rates and Part C and Part D Payment Policies
…Challenges.” KFF, August 17, 2021. https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/higher-and-faster-growing-spending-per-medicare-advantage-enrollee-adds-to-medicares-solvency-and-affordability-challenges/ Frank, Richard G., and Conrad Milhaupt. “Profits, Medical Loss Ratios, and the Ownership Structure of Medicare Advantage Plans.” Brookings. The Brookings Institution, July 13,…
Government evidence of Medicare Advantage cheating
How Medicare Advantage plans code for cash By Fred Schulte The Center for Public Integrity, August 7, 2014 A new federal study shows that many Medicare Advantage health plans routinely…
The Medicare Advantage lesson on what not to do
Medicare’s Private Plans: A Report Card On Medicare Advantage MA has brought much more choice but also added complexity, higher costs, no apparent quality gains, and uneven benefits. by Marsha…
Medicare Advantage? Medicare Disadvantage would be a better name.
…Medicare, in Medicare Advantage the insurer decides. So instead of innovating care, Medicare Advantage seems to mainly withhold it. It has also proven to be costly. Because such plans get…
‘Medicare Advantage Premium Support For All’ – a terrible proposal
Creating Medicare Advantage Premium Support For All, Part 4: Financing
…care. Considering the money that’s already being wasted in private Medicare Advantage plans, a “Medicare Advantage for All” seems to only perpetuate the high costs and impaired choices in our…
Medicare Advantage Overbills Taxpayers by $140 Billion a Year—Enough to Wipe Out Medicare Premiums
"Medicare Advantage is just another example of the endless greed of the insurance industry poisoning American healthcare," says a new report from Physicians for a National Health Program
…ads for Medicare Advantage “comprised more than 85% of all airings for the open enrollment period for 2023.” “TV ads for Medicare Advantage often showed images of a government-issued Medicare…
The Medicare Advantage lesson on what not to do
Medicare's Private Plans: A Report Card On Medicare Advantage
…programs. Tax policies and public programs should be designed to achieve equity, but the Medicare Advantage program achieves the opposite. Does that mean that the extra Medicare Advantage benefits should…