“I signed up for standard Medicare.”
i’ve helped three people besides myself sign up, and had no problems ...
standard medicare (Part A and Part B) plus a standardized supplemental plan like Plan F or Plan G are the best medical insurance in the world, and for anyone who has significant and/or serious chronic issues, it’s the only way to go, because so-called advantage plans limit you to an EXTREMELY small set of providers, whereas almost ALL medical providers accept standard medicare ...
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so where does the money come from to pay for the benefits offered on these zero premium medicare advantage plans?
does enrolling in these “so called advantage plans” that are “limited to an extremely small set of providers red-direct that $ 164+/- withheld from SSI checks go to pay the medicare advantage providers?
the money’s got to come from somewhere?
DOES ANYBODY KNOW THE ANSWER?
Medicare pays the “Advantage”.plan private insurance companies about $1K to $1200./mo. per enrollee depending on their Medicare “star rating” (consumer satisfaction rating).
when one signs up for an advantage plan, they sign over the financial benefits that they would have received from medicare Part A and instead medicare pays THAT money to the advantage plan ....