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]]> By: multatuli http://washingtonindependent.com/60690/controversy-swirls-again-over-medicare-advantage/comment-page-1#comment-80943 multatuli Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:23:45 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=60690#comment-80943 If these plans had the same or lower cost than the traditional fee for service Medicare there might be something to be said for them.They appeal to younger &healthier people which under Traditional Medicare would have had a lower cost profile and would not mind the disadvantages associated with Managed Care.,probably figuring that they could switch back if this was to their advantage.Thus they allow the Insurers in effect to cherry-pick the Medicare population,leaving the older sicker people in the the traditional program. I find the hypocrisy of the Republicans nauseating,on the one hand they carp about the cost of covering the uninsured and the runaway cost of Medicare, but perfidiously push a private system with much higher cost.They are utterly without shame. If these plans had the same or lower cost than the traditional fee for service Medicare there might be something to be said for them.They appeal to younger &healthier people which under Traditional Medicare would have had a lower cost profile and would not mind the disadvantages associated with Managed Care.,probably figuring that they could switch back if this was to their advantage.Thus they allow the Insurers in effect to cherry-pick the Medicare population,leaving the older sicker people in the the traditional program. I find the hypocrisy of the Republicans nauseating,on the one hand they carp about the cost of covering the uninsured and the runaway cost of Medicare, but perfidiously push a private system with much higher cost.They are utterly without shame.

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