I am also a retired RN, and I agree completely regarding Traditional Medicare vs Medicare Advantage. With Medicare Advantage, not only are you limited to which physicians and facilities you can go to, physicians are also limited to which procedures they can order for you. A Neurologist friend once told me he had a patient that badly needed an MRI of the brain, but Medicare Advantage would not allow it. To me, that was monumental. So save a few bucks in the beginning, but take a chance of a serious issue not being diagnosed? No thank you! I have Traditional Medicare with Florida Blue Supplemental and am very pleased with both.
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