Why am i posting this? Because the govt funding of MA plans final amount came in lower than the MA plans had requested, so expect higher rates and / or lower service / benefit levels.
from Eileen Appelbaum
Co-Director
Center for Economic and Policy Research - Center for Economic and Policy Research
Former Professor Rutgers University and Temple University.
If you didn’t know it already, I have been studying profits in health care for the past decade Here I tell you what I learned about pitfalls of signing up for Medicare Advantage. Deny, delay, degrade services - that’s one way insurance companies make money owning MA plans
New eye-opening video from EileenAppelbaum on the pitfalls of #MedicareAdvantage.
The Medicare Maze | Institute for New Economic Thinking
MA plan will work until it doesn't. Had friends where it stopped working after heart bypass surgery. Most stuff works until it doesn't. . its about where you are when it stops working.
cheap is not always better, especially when commercial profits are involved...
YMMV