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
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/): Donald Trump and Jared Kushner set into motion a scheme to privatize Medicare, just a bit at a time, before they left the White House in disgrace. Kushner set up, and Trump approved, a pilot … 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