Rural Doc Alan
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The Woman Who Was Happy to See the Ceiling (opens the original)
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Putting the Medicare Advantage Puzzle Pieces Together (opens the original)
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Legislators Could Reduce Healthcare Costs by Reigning in Medicare Advantage—But They Don't (opens the original)
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Note: My Substack page has become intermixed with my wife and writing colleague’s page. Substack provides no way to talk to a human being to get the problem fixed even though their chat system only made the problem worse. Has anyone else had these kinds of problems? Suggestions for alternative sites?<div
Medicare Advantage Plans Cost 452 Billion Dollars (opens the original)
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Note to subscribers: I’ve written two previous posts about Medicare Advantage funding, the first about where the money goes and the second raising the issue as to why the vast amount of overpayments to companies involved in offering Medicare Advantage plans are not charged with fraud for misuse of the funds. If you’re not too tired of trying to follow the money with Medicare Advantage plans, here’
Why Medicare Advantage Is Not Called Fraud (opens the original)
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