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Old 09-15-2016, 08:39 AM
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Originally Posted by KittyKat View Post
You are exactly correct. I was an outpatient precertification nurse for UHC in Ohio in the mid-90's when their Medicare Advantage plan came out. Those salespersons' cubicles were one row over from mine and I could overhear what they would tell older folks. I wanted to shout "Don't believe them!" when they were espousing the great benefits of their plans. The poor people didn't know that UHC could deny benefits (d/t lack of medical necessity, according to them) that they would have under regular Medicare.


It's so sad that many villagers are being tricked and coerced into swallowing this medicare advantage scheme. Worse yet, some posters are encouraging their fellow villagers to consider this scheme.