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Old 08-08-2016, 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Wandatime View Post
All I can tell you people is to read the schedule of benefits for both plans! If we had a Medicare Advantage plan when Sheldon was going through his cancer treatments we would be living under a bridge about now. Medicare Advantage may be great when you are relatively healthy but I guarantee it is not so great if you have get seriously or chronically ill.
I'm not an insurance expert. My understanding is that the only way you end up responsible for more than the $4400 out of pocket max under their MA plan is if you go out of network. Even then, if someone needs a service that is not available at all in network, they will approve out of network coverage. I'm sure you are happy with the cancer specialist/hospital Sheldon chose, but would your choice be to go out of network if you had an MA plan?
The reason I ask, is that the biggest criticism of the decision by TVH to take only TV UHC MA plan is the restriction to in-network specialists