Comments on: The Assault on Medicare Advantage Plans is Already Underway

By: Rusty Wells

Rusty Wells — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:09:28 +0000

Seniors of the world unite. You have nothing to lose but your chains.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:58:43 +0000

When are the seniors going to wake up and realize they have been sold out by AARP?

By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:23:36 +0000

It’s not the Medicare Advantage plans that are being assaulted. It’s senior citizens who are under attack.

By: Craig Willis

Craig Willis — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:45:58 +0000

Question: What has Congress got against the elderly?

By: Larry C.

Larry C. — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:12:18 +0000

What makes this so amazing is that the typical member of a Medicare Advantage program has the profile of a Democratic Party voter. They tend to be disproportionately below average income and disproportionately minority.

So think about what is happening. The Democrats in Congress rail against the insurance companies and insurance company profits and then what do they do about it?

They screw the beneficiaries, who happen to be their own voters!

By: John R. Graham

John R. Graham — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:57:56 +0000

The government’s attack on Medicare Advantage plans is short-sighted. In a very narrow sense, Medicare Advantage plans cost more than if their beneficiaries were in the traditional Medicare monopoly – $12 billion a year. However, because they negotiate contracts with providers they actually help relieve a bigger cost: the cost-shift or “hidden tax” that Medicare imposes on the privately insured by underpaying providers. This is about $49 billion: four times greater than the “extra” costs of Medicare Advantage (http://tinyurl.com/ydp6r3h).

By: Devon Herrick

Devon Herrick — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:54:39 +0000

So much for the promise made during the campaign… “if you like what you have, you can keep it.”