Correct me if I'm wrong but it seems you've neglected to mention why seniors like me, though I was given a heads up by my wealthy sister that I would regret my decision, signed up for a Medicare Advantage plan. It was cheaper! Most of us don't find out until too late that these plans limit coverage and require pre-authorization. I think …
Correct me if I'm wrong but it seems you've neglected to mention why seniors like me, though I was given a heads up by my wealthy sister that I would regret my decision, signed up for a Medicare Advantage plan. It was cheaper! Most of us don't find out until too late that these plans limit coverage and require pre-authorization. I think if the government wants to protect Medicare it should make it illegal to bury such critical details in the fine print. Or maybe it should simply ban private "alternative" plans. This would be the best way to protect Medicare, which, like any single-payer system, is by far the cheapest way to protect the most people. Any time you create competitive pools you raise the price. This is fine with handbags but health care is a right, not a privilege. Many seniors are more fearful of not being able to pay their bills than of getting cancer.
The whole point of regulation of this type used to be to protect unwary and/or impulsive people from making poor choices. The housing crisis in 2008 was such a situation. Deregulation in the name of "market freedom" almost took down the global economy. Did we learn? Nope. We the people are letting our feckless leaders lead us down the same primrose path with our health. So no it's not "marketing" that hooks us, but price. If the pool included all of us, the price would plummet—and doctors could get back to would practicing medicine again!
Correct me if I'm wrong but it seems you've neglected to mention why seniors like me, though I was given a heads up by my wealthy sister that I would regret my decision, signed up for a Medicare Advantage plan. It was cheaper! Most of us don't find out until too late that these plans limit coverage and require pre-authorization. I think if the government wants to protect Medicare it should make it illegal to bury such critical details in the fine print. Or maybe it should simply ban private "alternative" plans. This would be the best way to protect Medicare, which, like any single-payer system, is by far the cheapest way to protect the most people. Any time you create competitive pools you raise the price. This is fine with handbags but health care is a right, not a privilege. Many seniors are more fearful of not being able to pay their bills than of getting cancer.
The whole point of regulation of this type used to be to protect unwary and/or impulsive people from making poor choices. The housing crisis in 2008 was such a situation. Deregulation in the name of "market freedom" almost took down the global economy. Did we learn? Nope. We the people are letting our feckless leaders lead us down the same primrose path with our health. So no it's not "marketing" that hooks us, but price. If the pool included all of us, the price would plummet—and doctors could get back to would practicing medicine again!