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Grasswire2

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12. all true

Reply to Desert grandma (Reply #10)

Mon Feb 24, 2020, 02:51 AM

Feb 2020

And the disadvantage of an "advantage plan" is that the government doesn't specify the benefits, as it does with Medigap, which is the best coverage of all. The insurers in advantage plans make up their own benefits packages, some of which may be worthless.

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Medicare Advantage Private Option Is Gaining Popularity, and Critics - NYT [View all] Tactical Peek Feb 2020 OP

Trump has been trying to privitized Medicare-this is how he is doing it. riversedge Feb 2020 #1

You're way behind the times. El Supremo Feb 2020 #3

I've known how bad Advantage is for 13 years. El Supremo Feb 2020 #2

I am in an Advantage plan and it always included my doctors. virgogal Feb 2020 #4

Kaiser is weird. They employ the doctors and patients can only see yellowdogintexas Feb 2020 #6

KP in San Francisco is amazing. I choose the doctors & the facilities. displacedtexan Feb 2020 #9

Also in Advantage plan - no prob with doctors unc70 Feb 2020 #7

They advertise heavily. greatauntoftriplets Feb 2020 #5

I will never use an advantage plan. Desert grandma Feb 2020 #10

I won't either. greatauntoftriplets Feb 2020 #11

all true Grasswire2 Feb 2020 #12

Bingo! Desert grandma Feb 2020 #15

Medicare Advantage, previously called Medicare Plus Choice, started under Clinton. Hoyt Feb 2020 #8

There is another way they're doing it -- by starving the Medicare system of staff. pnwmom Feb 2020 #13

Morning kick. n/t Tactical Peek Feb 2020 #14