Dr. Oz and the Plot Against Medicare

#MedicareAdvantage plans are killing seniors and bankrupting hospitals. Now the #Trump administration is preparing to make them mandatory, ending #Medicare as we know it.

from #DropSiteNews
[co-published with Truthdig]

Alexander Zaitchik
Mar 24, 2025

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/dr-oz-trump-plot-medicare-advantage-plans?r=fzerp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

#HandsOffMedicare
#USA #US #USPolitics
#news #press #MehmetOz
#DrOz

"Project 2025 has called for making #MedicareAdvantage—the privatized Medicare in which #UnitedHealth specializes—the default enrollment option for #Medicare. This would essentially privatize Medicare for the 66 million people who use it, but since Medicare Advantage costs taxpayers about 6% more than Medicare, this would not create the savings Musk is supposed to be finding."

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-5-2024
#UHC

"Medicare Advantage, also known as Part C, was supposed to save the government money. The competition among private insurance companies, and with traditional Medicare, to manage patient care was meant to give insurance companies an incentive to find efficiencies. Instead, the program’s payment rules overpay insurance companies on the taxpayers' dime."

https://health.wusf.usf.edu/health-news-florida/2024-12-03/taxpayers-spend-22-more-per-patient-to-support-medicare-advantage

#healthcare #medicare #MedicareAdvantage #HealthPolicy

#MedicareAdvantage should be abolished, not expanded. The ads flooding the media right now are incredibly misleading. #Medicare

TL;DR: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has explicitly stated that health insurance companies are prohibited from using algorithms or artificial intelligence (AI) to deny coverage or determine care for members on Medicare Advantage plans. The CMS memo emphasizes that coverage decisions must be based on the individual patient's circumstances, and AI tools can only be used to ensure compliance with coverage criteria.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/02/ai-cannot-be-used-to-deny-health-care-coverage-feds-clarify-to-insurers/

#AI #healthcare #MedicareAdvantage