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Emile

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14. Medicare Advantage plan shortened my brothers life.

Reply to Tanuki (Original post)

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 12:31 PM

10 hrs ago

Two hours before his scheduled surgery for having a total thyroidectomy, removal of the entire thyroid. Something about the thyroid gland was messing up his medication for his leukemia. I don't understand it, but his Advantage plan denied his surgery. He had been in the hospital for an extended time, and his Advantage plan decided his surgery could wait awhile longer.

I will hold onto my G plan.

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Brokers get paid more to enroll seniors in Medicare Advantage [View all] Tanuki 12 hrs ago OP

That's part of the plan to privatize Medicare CousinIT 12 hrs ago #1

K'n'R for visibilty justaprogressive 12 hrs ago #2

DURec leftstreet 12 hrs ago #3

Brokers with integrity will steer you away from M.A. Auggie 12 hrs ago #4

Good information to know. badhair77 12 hrs ago #5

Just DON'T get Medicare Advantage. Lower price up front, skimpy coverage when you need it. They... dutch777 11 hrs ago #6

I was born with a bicuspid valve...it gave out in 2022...multiple surgeries including Demsrule86 11 hrs ago #8

Pretty much the same here. Not all medicare advantage programs are alike. Mine has been Trailrider1951 10 hrs ago #9

So true...mine has been great! Demsrule86 10 hrs ago #12

All advantage plans take tax payers dollars when you are relatively young and healthy and suck public dollars into questionseverything 10 hrs ago #16

Please stop. Demsrule86 11 hrs ago #7

We have had a MA plan since we both turned 65. That was 15 years ago. Katinfl 9 hrs ago #17

My broker told me that dflprincess 10 hrs ago #10

My husband rolls onto medicare in May. MontanaMama 10 hrs ago #11

My care since the first open heart surgery in 2023 has cost more than a million dollars. Demsrule86 10 hrs ago #13

This is wonderful! I'm so happy for you. MontanaMama 10 hrs ago #15

Medicare Advantage plan shortened my brothers life. Emile 10 hrs ago #14

Medicare Advantage plans are great until they are not Soul_of_Wit 9 hrs ago #18