Articles on Medicare
I recently read a GAO report (Government Accounting Office) that mentions that the rate of unenrollment in a Medicare Advantage Plan (MAPD) is twice as high in the last year of life. While the statistics are correct, not sure if their conclusions are? Their conclusions are based on information garnered…
Surprise billing has always been an issue if you are in an emergency outside of your normal healthcare facilities. Many have simply paid these outlandish charges because they feared they would lose their health insurance if they did not pay. Those that could not afford those charges either lost their…
I recently read an article that states Congress wants to cut the money allocated to Medicare Advantage. Those that want to do that do not understand how Medicare Advantage works or they wouldn’t suggest such lunacy. Medicare Advantage plans from private insurance came to be because the cost of Original…
Many seniors have Medicare Advantage, but few understand it and how it came to be that Original Medicare is being replaced by Medicare Advantage. I have written about Medicare Advantage before, so a brief refresher is needed here to understand what is happening in the government and that they want…