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Originally Posted by Boomer
For those who already have Plan F as a supplement to traditional Medicare, you are probably aware that as of January 2020, Plan F is going away -- except for those who are already enrolled who will be grandfathered. (But who knows really, considering the political climate with more and more talk of privatizing Medicare.)
If Medicare ends up being privatized, that would mean that insurance companies will then be holding allllllllll the cards in this game. Insurance companies and Big Pharma are powerful DC lobbies so nothing would surprise me.
As I read about The Villages "My Way Or Highway Plan" (that big surprise to many, including those who had been told they were grandfathered) I have to wonder if this situation is a bit of a hint of what total privatization would feel like. Choices gone. Insurance companies in charge of what to do with all us aging, often expensive people. Yep. Insurance companies holding all the cards in the game..........Seeya on the ice floes.
Oh, and, btw, UNH is the symbol for United Healthcare stock. During 2016 UNH has gone up more than 35%, closing yesterday at very near its 52-week high.
Why doesn't anybody ever talk about the stockholder and CEO who own a piece of us and get paid before our doctors do?
Now, before somebody comes in here and calls me a commie pinko, let me make clear that I most certainly have absolutely no problem with opportunities offered by investing in stocks.........Telecom........Toothpaste.......... Tape.........and others, but............about that 35% leap UNH took this year? I am glad I do not own a piece of healthcare stocks..........because I do not want to own a piece of you.
A long time ago I heard a quote but I don't know who said it. I have seen it come true too many times in our economic history.........
"Unrestarained greed is not only bad morals, it's bad economics."
The word "unrestrained" says it all.
Boomer Cassandra
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Not sure what your point is----hundreds upon hundreds of stocks from all different sectors have gone up 35+% to 52 week highs this year. I hope you
don't think their stock price has anything to do with what happened at TVH.
I said most of my musings in posts #16 and #19----but I want to repeat that people should get their info FROM THE SOURCE--speak with SHINE or the UHC rep, do not rely on this thread which is sorry to say way off the mark.
One post from a gentleman whose comments I have come to respect greatly was way off target. He implied TV UHC MA plan is restricted to a very small number of local doctors---when there are 20,000 Florida physicians in network. Also, while Shands and Moffit are not in network, MD Anderson in Orlando most certainly is. Anyone can just go to the UHC website and check it out. There are orthopaedists in network that do joint replacement revisions, there are quality urologists, and again, if there is a demonstrated NEED (NOT WANT) for an out of network physician, it will generally be approved---in 30 years I never had that request denied for a patient.