A New York Times report uncovered that private insurers are draining resources from Medicare and threatening one of our greatest public health insurance programs. 6 of the top 10 private insurers who administer Medicare Advantage plans have been accused of … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/12/12/progressive-lawmakers-demand-fraud-probe-medicare-privatization-scheme “We have long been concerned about ensuring this model does not give corporate profiteers yet another opportunity to take a chunk out of traditional Medicare,” wrote Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, and other lawmakers. JAKE JOHNSON … Continued
There’s a clear pattern forming in election after election: people support expanding public health insurance and lowering the cost of health care. After this past election, red state South Dakota voters passed medicaid expansion (the program red state governors have … Continued
From Social Security Works (http://www.socialsecurityworks.org/): Medicare’s open enrollment is here, and for-profit insurance corporations are back, trying to lure as many seniors as possible onto killer plans inside Medicare Advantage. Here’s what your family needs to know about Medicare Open … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/08/23/wyden-launches-probe-deceptive-marketing-medicare-advantage-plans “Unfortunately, false or misleading advertisements and fraudulent sales practices are not new issues for Medicare beneficiaries,” said the chair of the Senate Finance Committee. KENNY STANCIL August 23, 2022 Sen. Ron Wyden on Tuesday launched an inquiry into … Continued
From Social Security Works (http://www.socialsecurityworks.org/): When seniors enroll in Medicare, they have a choice: They can enroll in traditional Medicare, the government-run single-payer system established in 1965, or a privatized offshoot called Medicare Advantage. After nearly 20 years of this … Continued
From Social Security Works (http://www.socialsecurityworks.org/): The New York Times just dropped a bombshell writeup of a newly released federal report on Medicare Advantage, which lets private health insurers use Medicare dollars to run their own programs: Medicare Advantage was created … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/11/30/congress-asleep-switch-biden-continues-trump-era-ploy-privatize-medicare More than 1,500 physicians warn that the experiment threatens “the future of Medicare as we know it.” JAKE JOHNSON November 30, 2021 A Trump-era pilot program that could result in the complete privatization of traditional Medicare in a matter of … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/09/08/medicare-advantage-profit-scam-time-end-it The simple solution to the Medicare Advantage problem is to kill off the program. It was just a Trojan horse to privatize Medicare, and its presence will make Medicare for All even harder to implement. THOM HARTMANN … Continued
From Faith in Healthcare (https://faithinhealthcare.org): The Medicaid “managed care” story told in Part One, where billions of taxpayer dollars are spent paying private corporations that regularly cut corners and fail to provide promised care, is mirrored by the tale of … Continued