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DrRat t1_j6j1avr wrote
Reply to comment by mowotlarx in Mayor Adams plows ahead with plan to privatize health benefits for 250,000 NYC municipal retirees by mowotlarx
Advantage plans are notorious for denying anything they can get away with and really making the customer jump through hoops. Private Health insurance companies have stock holders to please whereas government-funded Medicare only loyalty lies with the enrollee. It'll be an instant and noticeable decrease in benefits and services, I'm afraid.
DrRat t1_j6j4mnd wrote
Reply to comment by manateefourmation in Mayor Adams plows ahead with plan to privatize health benefits for 250,000 NYC municipal retirees by mowotlarx
Affordable Care Act served up millions of Americans (with the help of the IRS) to private health insurance companies. Jimmy Carter's traditional Medicaid certainly did not include third-party profiteering. GWB's Medicare Modernization Act in 2003 also welcomed private insurance companies into the fold with Part C, D, E, and F.