Steve C “ They made it happen so that the coverage was available only through private insurances, and not through traditional government Medicare.”The welfarization of Medicare DISAdvantage plans. These companies will be used by the GOP to crush standard, real Medicare. They pay me, a PhD psychologist, 2/3 of what Medicare pays. They lure the hapless withSilverSneakers gym memberships, promise of glasses, some dental, some hearing. They wrap around seamlessly to Medicaid so that there are no premium payments. Promises! Promises! And when you get too sick, they drop you. And then Medicaid, the secondary carrier, comes into play. But not until you have divested yrself & yr family of EVERY asset greater than $1,999.99. That’s Medicaid spend-down. The Departments is Social Services will make sure u r utterly ransacked. Hello : why is no one reporting this corporate welfare story? Bernie Sanders was dead right: everyone should be on Medicare. Instead we hve corporate welfare for the Medicare DISAdvantage companies with an administrative cost PAID BY TAX PAYERS of 15-20% while Medicare, efficient—easy to work with— has administrative costs of < 5%. NO company/entity save standard Medicare gives me Explanation of Benefits. NONE. CORPORATE WELFARE with an intention to destroy Medicare.

Steve C “ They made it happen so that the coverage was available only through private insurances, and not through traditional government Medicare.”The welfarization of Medicare DISAdvantage plans. These companies will be used by the GOP to crush standard, real Medicare. They pay me, a PhD psychologist, 2/3 of what Medicare pays. They lure the hapless withSilverSneakers gym memberships, promise of glasses, some dental, some hearing. They wrap around seamlessly to Medicaid so that there are no premium payments. Promises! Promises! And when you get too sick, they drop you. And then Medicaid, the secondary carrier, comes into play. But not until you have divested yrself & yr family of EVERY asset greater than $1,999.99. That’s Medicaid spend-down. The Departments is Social Services will make sure u r utterly ransacked. Hello : why is no one reporting this corporate welfare story? Bernie Sanders was dead right: everyone should be on Medicare. Instead we hve corporate welfare for the Medicare DISAdvantage companies with an administrative cost PAID BY TAX PAYERS of 15-20% while Medicare, efficient—easy to work with— has administrative costs of < 5%. NO company/entity save standard Medicare gives me Explanation of Benefits. NONE. CORPORATE WELFARE with an intention to destroy Medicare.

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