I have Traditional Medicare, Plan F (no longer available, but grandfathered in). Years ago, when The Villages switched to United Health Care and I was kicked out of The Villages Health, I asked a specialist I see for a referral to another Primary Care Physician. He was glad I wasn’t switching to Medicare Advantage. To quote him, “Please don’t switch to Advantage. They dictate what tests I can order for my patients. I have a patient right now that needs an MRI and they won’t let me order it for her.”
So Medicare Advantage is more than which doctors you see, it’s also about what tests and procedures you can have. To me, that means a disAdvantage!
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