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dutch777

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6. Just DON'T get Medicare Advantage. Lower price up front, skimpy coverage when you need it. They...

Reply to Tanuki (Original post)

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 11:21 AM

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...have all sorts of incentives to get folks on it like gym memberships, home delivered meals occasionally, etc. nut when you really need care, the coverage is poor compared to traditional Medicare.

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Brokers get paid more to enroll seniors in Medicare Advantage [View all] Tanuki Yesterday OP

That's part of the plan to privatize Medicare CousinIT Yesterday #1

K'n'R for visibilty justaprogressive Yesterday #2

DURec leftstreet Yesterday #3

Brokers with integrity will steer you away from M.A. Auggie Yesterday #4

Good information to know. badhair77 Yesterday #5

Just DON'T get Medicare Advantage. Lower price up front, skimpy coverage when you need it. They... dutch777 Yesterday #6

I was born with a bicuspid valve...it gave out in 2022...multiple surgeries including Demsrule86 Yesterday #8

Pretty much the same here. Not all medicare advantage programs are alike. Mine has been Trailrider1951 Yesterday #9

So true...mine has been great! Demsrule86 Yesterday #12

All advantage plans take tax payers dollars when you are relatively young and healthy and suck public dollars into questionseverything Yesterday #16

Glad it has worked for someone. My sister fell and had a stroke and her Adv plan limited her treatment terribly. dutch777 5 hrs ago #19

Please stop. Demsrule86 Yesterday #7

We have had a MA plan since we both turned 65. That was 15 years ago. Katinfl 23 hrs ago #17

My broker told me that dflprincess Yesterday #10

My husband rolls onto medicare in May. MontanaMama Yesterday #11

My care since the first open heart surgery in 2023 has cost more than a million dollars. Demsrule86 Yesterday #13

This is wonderful! I'm so happy for you. MontanaMama Yesterday #15

Medicare Advantage plan shortened my brothers life. Emile Yesterday #14

Medicare Advantage plans are great until they are not Soul_of_Wit 23 hrs ago #18