Taxpayers spend 22% more per patient to support Medicare Advantage – the private alternative to Medicare that promised to cost less

Taxpayers spend 22% more per patient to support Medicare Advantage – the private alternative to Medicare that promised to cost less

Medicare Advantage – the commercial alternative to traditional Medicare – is drawing down federal health care funds, costing taxpayers an extra 22% per enrollee to the tune of US$83 billion a year. Medicare Advantage, also known as Part C, was supposed to save the government money. The competition among private insurance companies, and with traditional … Read more

Más de 1 millón de pacientes pierden cobertura debido a que las aseguradoras y los hospitales abandonan Medicare Advantage

Más de 1 millón de pacientes pierden cobertura debido a que las aseguradoras y los hospitales abandonan Medicare Advantage

Andrew y Libby Potter revisan la carta que recibieron en octubre, diciéndoles que el sistema hospitalario más grande de su región ya no se consideraría dentro de la red para la póliza Medicare Advantage de Libby. Los Potter viven en Huntsville, Alabama, donde Libby es una bibliotecaria jubilada de una escuela secundaria y Andrew es … Read more