http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2010/11/04/medicare-advantage-a-good-and-growing-business/ Fri, 17 May 2013 18:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2010/11/04/medicare-advantage-a-good-and-growing-business/comment-page-1/#comment-17058 Medicare Part D – It’s Time to Make Choices « As Our Parents Age Sun, 14 Nov 2010 19:05:54 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/?p=253#comment-17058 [...] Medicare Advantage, A Good and Growing Business, Medicare and More [...]

]]> http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2010/11/04/medicare-advantage-a-good-and-growing-business/comment-page-1/#comment-15381 medicareblogger Thu, 04 Nov 2010 16:30:47 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/?p=253#comment-15381 The concept of Medicare HMOs is more than 20 years old and 45% of seniors in Tucson are enrolled in these plans.  The concept is a good one, but the payment scheme (devised by those “fiscally conservative” Republicans) in 2003 is bad for Medicare.
 
It will be interesting to see if the cuts in payments to insurance companies that are part of health care reform (“Obamacare”) legislation will be kept in place.  Or will insurance company lobbyists be able to protect the big profits they reap from Medicare Advantage?
 

]]> http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2010/11/04/medicare-advantage-a-good-and-growing-business/comment-page-1/#comment-15377 Pamela Powers Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:36:31 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/?p=253#comment-15377 Medicare Advantage is a Bush era giveaway that benefits insurance companies and costs taxpayers millions. It is a waste of money.

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