Tag: Medicare Advantage

When Your Health Insurance Says ‘No’ to Your Doctor’s Orders

      THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   For many Americans, getting the right medical care isn’t just about what their doctors recommend; it’s also about what their insurance company is willing to cover. So what happens when those two don’t agree? And why can […]

When Insurance Cuts Eating Disorder Care Too Soon

        THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   In the United States, as many as 30 million people are affected by eating disorders, including many children and adolescents, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine. Eating disorders are serious mental health conditions that affect both […]

We’ve accepted this healthcare system as normal. Should we?

          THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   Is it really normal that the health insurance we pay for often doesn’t fully protect us? It may be ‘normal’ but is it right? Millions of Americans face soaring healthcare costs, coverage denials, medical […]

Medicare Advantage Is Breaking America’s Promise to Seniors

        THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   Privatized Medicare now covers more than half of older adults nationwide. But how do Medicare Advantage plans’ lower star ratings, narrow networks, and “paper benefits” hit seniors of color hardest-and why are hospitals dropping these […]

‘No real choice.’ How Medicare Advantage fails seniors

      THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   How does Medicare Advantage – also known as privatized Medicare – fail seniors … especially seniors of color?  Why do many seniors find they actually have no other choice than an Advantage plan? What’s the consequence […]

The sordid financialization of America’s healthcare system

          THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   Why have U.S. administrations from both sides of the aisle chosen to privatize Medicare and how has that complicated health care for patients? How do mega insurance companies benefit as a result? How much […]

Will Project 2025 sink traditional Medicare?

                  THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!     What could another Trump presidency mean for the rise in Medicare private plans and what would that mean for patient care and financial waste in our healthcare system and […]