Reply #8: what the article does point out is...

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"Medicare Advantage plans...are paid on average 13 percent more than it costs the government to provide benefits directly."

So they're skimming from both sides -- higher payments from the government PLUS copays from the sickest patients who can least afford it.

And ou're suggesting that the insurance bureaucrats should get more government money than the doctors who actually provide the service?

News for you. Those insurance bureaucrats didn't 1. pay (or go into school debt for) hundreds of thousands of dollars and 2. invest thousands of hours and years of hard work into learning a specialized skill. They are an impediment to healthcare, not a help.

Lower the doctor's fees enough and see how many are forced to turn away medicare and medicare advantage patients because they simply can't afford to.


Ahhhh...18 posts. A rightwing shill sent to spread rightwing propaganda. :eyes: