Gray Matters: A way to fix Medicare Advantage disparities
Photo credit: AP | Demonstrators hold a vigil at the Capitol in October 1995 to protest proposed GOP cuts on Medicare as Congress under then House Speaker Newt Gingrich added legislation to create Medicare Advantage. (October 1995)
This is a good time to explain again the glaring disparity in federal payments to Medicare Advantage from one county to another.
First, it will be open season from Nov. 15 to Dec. 31 to choose or change your coverage for 2010. And the health reform legislation heading toward a showdown may include cuts in those federal payments, which could affect your insurer.
Those proposed cuts -...
