Fierce Healthcare October 18, 2023
Seniors are forced to navigate a convoluted Medicare Advantage (MA) landscape for healthcare coverage, often only to be denied care, experts told legislators during a Senate Finance Committee hearing Wednesday.
Enrollment in MA plans exceeded 31 million in February, as the program accounts for about half of all Medicare beneficiaries. While these plans can offer crucial services not offered under traditional Medicare, consumers must wade through hundreds of plans and numerous layers of complexity just to be hit with unexpected complications and aggressive marketing approaches.
“Every fall, Medicare eligible consumers are bombarded with mailers, TV ads and phone calls rife with misleading and pernicious content,” said Cobi Blumenfeld-Gantz, co-founder and CEO of Chapter, a Medicare advisory firm, during his oral...
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