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Originally Posted by Aces4
"If you are active and healthy, Medicare Advantage Plan, and the Villages Health could be a good fit for you"? What the heck does that mean... don't get any older and never have a health issue for the rest of your life?
Good luck with that premise for your health care coverage.  |
Aces4, I think you are misunderstanding my comment.
There are both good and bad Medicare Advantage plans. Even the same companies that operate in each state. One ste, very good service. Other states not good at all, even though the same overall insurance company offering those MA plans.
Why? Overbilling and other billing issues.
Similarly, even normal Medicare has issues:
1. Not all doctors and specialists accept Medicare patients. Same goes for hospitals.
2. Not all doctors make a proper diagnosis and suggested procedures.
Sure, we're all in good health until we are not.
To place context in your original post, of course, we don't need the patient's name. But when saying a Medicare Advantage plan is bad, it is useful to provide the insurance provider's name and type of plan, the health organization of the patient having the issue, and whether it was a required or optional procedure. Surgery isn't always the best solution. Other treatments may be ok for some people.
Ordinary Medicare does cost, and sometimes very much. It took is NOT free healthcare.
Medicare Advantage also costs for some.
The Medicare Part B is something almost everyone pays regardless of plan.
Different plans for MA have different monthly costs as well as max out-of-pocket costs each year.
It is wrong to condemn plans that see to be working well
I know that for Villages Health, they have many great health professionals in staff. They also catalog specialists and providers that partner with them. Not all specialists and providers are accepted by Villages Health, and for various reasons.
We all know that there are both good and bad doctors, specialists, and healthcare services providers.
And hopefully our state and federal government agencies keep track of them, too.