[2022] The Dark History of Medicare Privatization

Medicare Advantage was supposed to be a money-saver. It’s now become a costly, unaccountable cash cow for private insurance companies that is swallowing traditional Medicare.

The Dark History of Medicare Privatization

Related:

Medicare goes “woke”?! 😉

CMS Unveils ACO REACH: What you Need to Know

The Geo Direct Contracting model is scrapped, and ACO REACH is replacing GPDC…

A new incentive will help to address health equity.

Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

Blue Cross and Blue Shield insurance companies are licensees, independent of the association and traditionally of each other, offering insurance plans within defined regions under one or both of the association’s brands. Blue Cross Blue Shield insurers offer some form of health insurance coverage in every U.S. state. They also act as administrators of Medicare in many states or regions of the U.S.

Trump Created A Program To Privatize Medicare Without Patients’ Consent. Biden Is Keeping It Going.

Under the program, insurers and doctors can negotiate to move patients to a private insurance stream. Patients don’t get a say.

Trump Created A Program To Privatize Medicare Without Patients’ Consent. Biden Is Keeping It Going.

Previously:

Congress ‘Asleep at the Switch’ as Biden Continues Trump-Era Ploy to Privatize Medicare

Biden moves forward with Trump Medicare privatization plan

Buzzfeed is a little behind (I first blogged about it, in November 2021), but here’s a reminder.

Perfidy Meets Putty – Congressional Democrats Betray Voters, by Ralph Nader

Dandelion Salad by Ralph Nader The Nader Page, Mar. 12, 2021 March 16, 2021

Do you remember the promises made by the Democratic Party’s presidential and Congressional candidates on universal health insurance? You can forget their pledges and somber convictions now that your votes put the Democrats in charge of the House and the Senate. The Democrats’ leaders are abandoning their promises and retreating into a cowardly corporatist future.

Perfidy Meets Putty – Congressional Democrats Betray Voters, by Ralph Nader