Medicare: A Complicated Mess

This is episode 86, “Medicare: A Complicated Mess.” In this episode, I discuss why Medicare is a complicated mess, how to make it better, and why single-payer Medicare for All would be better for seniors and everyone else. Do not miss this episode as I discuss why Medicare is complicated and how to make it better. The Medicare handbook can be found here: “Medicare & You 2023.” Here are the links for problems with Medicare Advantage plans: As Seniors Get Sicker, They're More Likely To Drop Medicare Advantage Plans (July 5, 2017) Patients in poor health leave Medicare Advantage plans (July 11, 2017) Medicare Advantage Spends Less on Care, So Why Is It Costing So Much? (August 7, 2017) CMS is giving unfair competitive advantage to private Medicare Advantage plans (April 5, 2018) Medicare Advantage Plans Found to Improperly Deny Many Claims (Oct 13, 2018) Medicare Advantage plans profit by wholesale denial of legitimate claims (October 18, 2019) Even Researchers Don’t Know Which Doctors Medicare Advantage Covers (July 8, 2019) Insurers Running Medicare Advantage Plans Overbill Taxpayers By Billions As Feds Struggle To Stop It (July 16, 2019) Medicare Advantage Enrollees Discover Dirty Little Secret (Dec 3, 2019) U.S. Watchdog Finds $6.7 Billion in Questionable Medicare Payments to Insurers (Dec 12, 2019) Fraud Is Rampant in Medicare Advantage (Mar 13, 2021) Medicare Advantage Plans Often Deny Needed Care, Federal Report Finds (April 28, 2022) Government Watchdogs Attack Medicare Advantage for Denying Care and Overcharging (June 29, 2022)