Medicare commercials

[Allen]

Is everyone getting their daily minimum requirements of these lengthy unending Medicare commercials?

I mean enough is enough---there should be some gov't regulations on time and quantity of commercials of the same item.

Us old coots who are on Medicare know all the companies, what the plans are, and how much they cost. Perhaps one in one billion may benefit from these commercials. The rest, not so, especially those under 65 who have to put up with this crap.

If these companies can advertise 24/7 they either have $ to burn and could cut their rates or they're on the verge of bankruptcy and you wouldn't want to subscribe with them.

I see mostly Humana and Aetna, very few with United Health Care and none with BCBS so I guess the best ones don't have to advertise.

[Phloating Phlasher]

I'm with Humana (& the subsidiary, Centerwell), they're terrible to deal with.
Rather than catalog the series of mistakes, delays, failures to contact providers & other problems I'll just say the ONLY thing they do well is advertise.

[JB White]

I’m with Blue Cross & BS. New to me this year after my insurer flipped me into a Mediocre Advantage plan. I’m finally starting to take notice of the alternative plans out there. Those commercials are more than a TV intermission time now.

Are there more plans out there which do not cover until after at least two rejections?
And…They haven’t paid anything to my dentist at all. I just got notice they’re dropping dental coverage in 2025 unless I go to a doc-in-box facility almost two hours from home.

Time for a change.

[Former Cav]

the insurance companies all have them nice new skyscrapers for a reason, and it isn't "taking care of us" !!

[JB White]

I thought it was great when we were building those nice new skyscrapers.

[Allen]

the insurance companies all have them nice new skyscrapers for a reason, and it isn't "taking care of us" !!

Here it isn't so much the ins companies building the "Taj Mahal's" as it is the doctors and hospitals. You can hear the doctors quacking all the way to their banks.

[Major Tom]

Not only commercials, but endless phone calls too!

[Allen]

Not only commercials, but endless phone calls too!

I think the cut off date is December 7th so the calls and commercials should come to an end then. This is the worse year yet for all the abuse. We see who is making the money.

[Allen]

I'm with Humana (& the subsidiary, Centerwell), they're terrible to deal with.
Rather than catalog the series of mistakes, delays, failures to contact providers & other problems I'll just say the ONLY thing they do well is advertise.

Looks like someone was fed up with United Healthcare too.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/unitedhealthcare-ceo-reportedly-killed-in-new-york-city-shooting-144018116.html

[Allen]

BCBS decided to make some policy changes too rather than end up as worm chow.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-thompson.html

"Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield have reversed a policy change that would have seen them tie payments in some states to the length of time a patient went under anesthesia."

[Johnny P]

Saw a new theory on the killing of the United Healthcare CEO. This guy says that it was no hitman by his unreliable choice of weapon, and sloppy follow up actions. His theory is that it was a disgruntled United Healthcare policy holder. Of all the health care plans in the U.S., United HC has the highest claim denial record, and the CEO that was killed drew a $10,000,000 a year salary to oversee this denying claims.

[Allen]

A close friend of the family, a young nurse with two children, was diagnosed with cancer. The whole hospital staff where she worked had United Healthcare Ins. She was denied and died less than a year later. Her family had to host fund raisers to try to get her treatments, meds, and other care. They couldn't come close on their own to the cost the hospitals wanted.

[Allen]

Rollingstone magazine report:

"Social Media Has Little Sympathy for Murdered Health Insurance Exec"

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/health-insurance-murder-reactions-1235192490/

[Phloating Phlasher]

Google "suppressor booster".
This was absolutely not a Pro hit.

[Mark in Ottawa]

I am so glad that I live in Canada where the big issue is a shortage of doctors and not an ability to pay for health care. As a personal example, my wife has cancer and her medication costs $500 per pill (one per day) in the USA and half that in Canada. Having said that, the province's seniors drug coverage covers the cost except for a $100 per year co-pay and of course, there are no costs for her regular CT scans, MRIs or visits with the oncologist.