Thursday, February 2, 2023

‘Seniors are getting ripped off’: progressive congressman Mark Pocan on overhauling Medicare

The Times found that eight of the ten biggest Medicare Advantage providers have submitted inflated bills to the government. Estimates of the cost of Medicare Advantage overbilling in 2020 alone range from $12bn to $25bn...

Congressional Budget Office estimates indicate that the cost of Medicare Advantage overbilling could cover the expense of expanding Medicare...

Pocan's own mother, in her early 90s and not especially mobile, was once unable to receive care because her Medicare Advantage plan required her to travel to a doctor's office in her local community. Traditional Medicare would have allowed a medical provider to come directly to her assisted living facility...


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