Editorial Urges Federal, State Agencies To Curb Medicare Advantage Plan Abuses, Eliminate ‘Unjustified Subsidies

Many Medicare Advantage plans “are continuing to prey on elderly Americans despite state, federal and industry efforts to stop them,” which is “yet another reason to rein in these operations by eliminating their unjustified subsidies,” a New York Times editorial states. The editorial says that these private MA plans are “an ethical horror” and “a financial drag … [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Medicare / Medicaid / Tricare on January 4th, 2008