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Originally Posted by Topspinmo
I thought ACA was supposed to fix that? I guess they didn’t read it did they?
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Apparently you didn't read the ACA. It is a law to provide care and establish minimum levels of coverage for private, not governmental, health plans. You know the ones you or your employer buy. It forced insurance to cover women, ignore pre-existing conditions, cover mammograms and colonoscopies, cover your children to age 26, the list goes on.
But it did not change Medicare, or supplements. Now if you think that supplements are too expensive, guess how much the government controls that cost. Zero. They are sold by the private insurance industry and are not part of Medicare.
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ACA did impact Medicare Advantage plans cutting the payment to them as they were making too much of a profit and a few other tweaks including lowering the cost of the "donut hole" for seniors and some adjustments in Medicare taxes for high earners.