Let's talk Medicare part C. Phone lines are open now. Post #563927 • Liberal Forum

*Beekeeper » 09 Dec 2024, 12:46 pm » wrote: ↑
09 Dec 2024, 12:46 pm
NO ONE is making you use any network provider. It's called CHOICES!!

I can make mine and you can make yours. When you learn that simple fact that taking away someone ELSE'S choice OF a network because it serves them well isn't call freedom. What you want is to take away the INFORMATION about such choices and that too, isn't freedom of choice but YOUR control of information!! Which is what FASCISTS DO to keep their little playground as the ONLY thing you get.

It's NOT a "hard sell" for anything, but Part C is NOT a government administered program, but one BY PRIVATE ENTERPRISE and that is advertised all the time. WHY is beer such a hard sell, but you see 500 beer commercials on ANY given Sunday NFL afternoon. Same with any OTHER product you want to name. It's called ADVERTISING and something we get in our lives. Don't like it, TURN OFF YOUR TV.

Regular Medicare doesn't have to be "sold" and would REQUIRE a government funded commercial to do so. WHEN CONGRESS APPROPRIATES THE FUNDS, YOU WILL GET THOSE ADS, but the FACT IS, it's advertised when you pay those taxes. Part C offers MORE than traditional Medicare and MANY eligible haven't even checked out what it offers. They KNOW what Part A and B offer already, so giving them a CHOICE is all that is being done here. Get the information, compare what you have NOW, and you decide for YOURSELF which works best for YOU!!

I can tell you that I know a couple that had Trad Medicare and a supplement and drug plan. They had somewhat heard of Part C Medicare Advantage. They were paying OVER $750 a month in premiums for the supplements and drug plans. What they HAD heard was the same CRAP you are spewing and didn't even check it out. I explained that what they THOUGHT they knew and had heard was 100% WRONG in every aspect.

So they asked me what I knew about Part C and I said I did. Showed them what several plans offered, showed them that their doctors were in network, that all their drugs were covered AND that their vision, dental, and hearing benefits that THEY HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET were also covered to a large degree. AND at ZERO PREMIUMS vs. $ 750 a month. THAT'S $9,000 a YEAR they aren't paying NOW, their copays come nowhere NEAR that amount, and they have FAR BETTER benefits. Add the dental and vision along they paid last year, it was over $3500 of covered expenses that ALSO would not have paid 100% out of pocket too.

So please, EDUCATE yourself before you spew such hate for something MORE AND MORE SENIORS are using for their healthcare benefits.

Give it a rest, insurance man.
You merely validate what I said, you know.
"I choose a system to limit my choices."
...and you call that a choice.

Then you cannot get out of that "choice" back into the "government program" because the window is closed.
...but a person can ALWAYS get into the Part C Advantage. You can change your mind only in one direction.
I'm merely pointing out that it's leaned heavily toward Part C and a single short window to enroll in Traditional Medicare.

Then, trying to go from UHC to Mutual of Omaha (for example) is a disaster I hear if you don't have near perfect health.
That goes for both Traditional and Advantage according to one of my bitchy old acquaintances.

Please seat yourself.

I like the very things you hate.