For example, the “Capitation rate” or the amount that the government sends to MAPD plans (Medicare Advantage w/ Prescription Drug) is about $830,00 per month, in addition to the Part B premium.
However, that figure is arrived at by an average of the CLAIMS paid by Medicare, in your geographic area.
No accounting is made for the staff required at Medicare, to handle claims and do service work, in these figures.
It is entirely possible that these MA and MAPD (Part C) plans actually save the government some money, in many cases.
Especially because they DO provide preventive care and some options that regular Medicare A and B do not provide.
However, the Marxists in Congress refuse to give Medicare Advantage an honest accounting, and are slowly cutting back on this “privatized” program.