Politico November 24, 2023
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is increasingly concerned that insurance companies are preying on seniors.
Enrollment in Medicare’s private-sector alternative is surging — and so are the complaints to Congress.
More than 30 million older Americans are enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans, wooed by lower premiums and more benefits than traditional Medicare offers.
But a bipartisan group of lawmakers is increasingly concerned that insurance companies are preying on seniors, and, in some cases, denying care that would otherwise be approved by traditional Medicare.
“It was stunning how many times senators on both sides of the aisle kept linking constituent problems with denying authorizations for care,” Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said in an interview, referring to a bevy of complaints from...
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