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23. I think Joe Namath has had more tv exposure time in the ads than as a football star.

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Medicare Advantage Plans Often Deny Needed Care, Federal Report Finds [View all] Sgent Apr 2022 OP

Private insurance companies are in the business of making money Deminpenn Apr 2022 #1

Stick with Medicare....there is no private plan that is cheaper and better... ashredux Apr 2022 #2

These are Medicare supplement plans unless I'm reading this wrong Bengus81 Apr 2022 #31

I read it as Medicare Advantage, it was a way the Right tried to "Privatize" Medicare ashredux Apr 2022 #33

Medicare Advantage is entirely different from Medicare Supplement aka Medigap plans progree Apr 2022 #34

the good part of Medigap plans.... Grasswire2 Apr 2022 #52

Car insurance ads pull this shit and it drives me crazy aocommunalpunch Apr 2022 #3

I understand what you are saying, however, Progressive has been very good to us. Ferrets are Cool Apr 2022 #7

I have AAA membership plus their auto insurance policy FakeNoose Apr 2022 #25

I can't stand Joe Namath and the Dyn-O-Myte guy gab13by13 Apr 2022 #4

I think Joe Namath has had more tv exposure time in the ads than as a football star. keithbvadu2 Apr 2022 #23

and they never call it "Medicare Advantage" RussBLib Apr 2022 #30

The premiums are low? Bengus81 Apr 2022 #32

Are you speaking of Medicare supplements or Advantage? DuaneT Apr 2022 #39

What are the lifetime penalties in some plans you speak of? DuaneT Apr 2022 #41

Medicare Advantage Plans suck "literally" PdamnedQ Apr 2022 #5

Good to know. Delphinus Apr 2022 #8

Check out Medi-Gap, it's better than MA. gab13by13 Apr 2022 #12

I had friends that had the Med Advantage and it cost them their INdemo Apr 2022 #16

Was there a seminar Delphinus Apr 2022 #27

My Brother had a supplement policy and told me about the plans INdemo Apr 2022 #35

I have done all the work Casady1 Apr 2022 #40

Bless you! Delphinus Apr 2022 #46

and not once Casady1 Apr 2022 #47

It was Clinton that originally got the ball rolling on Medicare Advantage and Bush with the Medicare DuaneT Apr 2022 #42

you get it Skittles Apr 2022 #51

Like a mass of tangled fishing line and they are telling us how to cast. twodogsbarking Apr 2022 #6

Fought with insurance companies for years. The Jungle 1 Apr 2022 #9

Same here! Fritz Walter Apr 2022 #20

Before I got on Medicare my premiums were about $400 leftyladyfrommo Apr 2022 #28

Never get a Medicare Advantage plan if you travel frequently. kellytore Apr 2022 #10

One of the main reasons I never got an Advantage plan Ohioboy Apr 2022 #14

No kidding! Usually when you are travelling it's an emergency. You don't have time Emile Apr 2022 #38

A doctor or hospital does not have to be in network if it is a bonifide emergency. DuaneT Apr 2022 #44

Okay. . . Emile Apr 2022 #45

While true Sgent Apr 2022 #59

Of course they were. It's a private, for profit industry. paleotn Apr 2022 #11

I like how certain supplemental plans are designed to make you pay more than if you paid yourself Ohioboy Apr 2022 #13

Original Medicare needs to add vision and dental coverage and also get rid of the Advantage plans. Lonestarblue Apr 2022 #15

Exactly! Wuddles440 Apr 2022 #18

MediGap is the way to go. Raven123 Apr 2022 #17

My experience has been that Medigap is great but a leftyladyfrommo Apr 2022 #29

yes, it costs more to get actual care Skittles Apr 2022 #50

I get actual care. I have never been refused anything. leftyladyfrommo Apr 2022 #53

read the original article Skittles Apr 2022 #55

My husband and I have Plan F. murielm99 Apr 2022 #56

I Am Now Experiencing This First Hand. panfluteman Apr 2022 #19

I have done all the work Casady1 Apr 2022 #43

Got a friend struggling with this now. His local doctor is on the plan, but Midnight Writer Apr 2022 #21

Wow a 100 mile roundtrip just to do a blood test. My doctor is a vampire Emile Apr 2022 #58

Kick dalton99a Apr 2022 #22

After reading up on it, MA is more of a HMO and it was less risky to pay the Part B for better cover keithbvadu2 Apr 2022 #24

"Medicare Advantage" is converting seniors from their gov't Medicare coverage into a private plan FakeNoose Apr 2022 #26

I agree moose65 Apr 2022 #54

+1. Emile Apr 2022 #57

I have been rather lucky then with my Humana plan as they so far have yet to deny anything. cstanleytech Apr 2022 #36

I tried to warn so many about this. Only two people I know out of dozens believed me. nt Samrob Apr 2022 #37

Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2022 #48

NO SHIT Skittles Apr 2022 #49