Fierce Healthcare December 8, 2023
Several patient advocacy organizations are urging the Biden administration to look into allegedly misleading marketing from UnitedHealthcare about its Medicare Advantage plans.
The National Health Law Program, Disability Rights Connecticut, the National Disability Rights Network and the Center for Medicare Advocacy sent a joint letter to the Centers fro Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Federal Trade Commission calling for the agencies to “immediately intervene” over the advertisements.
The groups said in the letter that the marketing points to additional benefits available through Medicare Advantage, such as dental and hearing coverage, that people could not secure in the traditional program. However, the ads don’t make clear that they’re also likely signing on for a much smaller provider network, which could...
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