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25. The GOP wants to go pure Medicare Advantage if they agree to Medicare at all.

Wed Mar 27, 2024, 03:21 PM

Mar 27

It's a total rip off, just like big pharma charging a fortune for drugs decades after they're pure profit.

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Medicare Advantage is overbilling Medicare by 22% [View all] Nevilledog Mar 26 OP

MA is a pork barrel for plutocrats. Voltaire2 Mar 26 #1

how else can they pay for their endless TV, mailer and phone call ads NewHendoLib Mar 26 #2

Medicare advantage really has to end somehow. Biophilic Mar 26 #3

Destruction of Medicare if allowed to continue. Emile Mar 26 #4

That's the plan. As my avatar once sang, JenniferJuniper Mar 26 #11

Medicare MA has more benefits for enrollees than regular Medicare. former9thward Mar 26 #5

Yep. TwilightZone Mar 26 #7

I've Mostly Given Up RobinA Mar 27 #17

And many more restrictions on where and how Demobrat Mar 26 #8

Cue the "I love my advantage plan" crowd. Marcus IM Mar 26 #6

But, but, but I got 1k in yearly dental coverage! JenniferJuniper Mar 26 #9

Gotta pay for skyscrapers, yachts, and CEO bonuses somehow. Hermit-The-Prog Mar 26 #10

Kick dalton99a Mar 26 #12

Medicare fraud by a different name . . . . . no_hypocrisy Mar 27 #15

I Have To Wonder RobinA Mar 27 #18

Consider this: no_hypocrisy Mar 27 #20

Your example is over the top, but does explain the difference karynnj Mar 27 #21

Nice Scare RobinA Mar 27 #22

I had four Advantage scam phone calls yesterday. Make Emile Mar 27 #16

The healthcare industry should be nationalized dalton99a Mar 27 #19

Just a little greed. republianmushroom Mar 27 #24

Rick Scott approves this message. Midnight Writer Mar 27 #26