Large Hospital Groups Cancelling Contracts with Medicare "Advantage" Carriers

[dpibel]

26. DAYUM!

I just spent the better part of a half hour responding to the post you self-deleted! And my stately and measured essay is apparently gone forever. Jeez.

If you read the article upon which this OP is based, you will discover that this wholesale rejection of Medicare Advantage is not, perhaps, quite the universal contagion it's being represented as.

For instance, a number of the cited hospital systems are canceling their contracts with some, but not all, MA providers.

That suggests to me that there may well be problems with cheaters (if you believe that has never happened with traditional Medicare, please look into the history of Sen. Rick Scott) but that does not actually mean there's an inherent problem with MA.

Again I ask: Here's a political discussion board that skews elder. If these problems are so rampant--especially denial of benefits--why am I not reading accounts of that in all these "Look Out! MA Will Kill You" threads? What I read are posts from people who say, "I have MA, and I'm doing just fine, thank you."

How's that work? It's horrible coverage, but we have no complainers? You know that people who are unhappy are more likely to post reviews than satisfied customers--by orders of magnitude--right?d