I’ve been following Bob Laszewski’s views on Medicare Advantage with some interest. My take is the program is about to embark on a financial bread-and-water diet, a regimen prescribed by the Democratic Congress seeking funds to offset physician reimbursement increases (or more accurately to prevent decreases) and fund the S-CHIP program.
Bob’s view is that the rural programs will not suffer too much, while MA plans located in urban areas may well have their subsidies reduced. The MA program sponsors are now pulling out the lobbying stops, employing a variety of questionable and downright distasteful marketing.
The latest descent-to-previously-unplumbed-depths is their manipulation of minority groups as “victims” of the heartless Dems.
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