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stopdiggin

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3. the people that are hating on Advantage plans
Tue Jan 6, 2026, 06:16 PM
Jan 2026

(to be clear, I am not one) are mostly doing so on policy and political grounds - not necessarily 'coverage'.
The basic issue is that Advantage is a mash-up of federal funding and private for profit health care administration (as was intended by designers and politicians that ushered it in to being). What it isn't, is nationalized health care as administered by the federal government - and many are going to be satisfied with nothing less than that real article.

I too am an ardent advocate for nationalized health care - and think it something of an embarrassment that the richest country in the world ... On the other hand - I have a hard time envisioning at what point over the past 25-30 years - the country had any real prospect of enacting such a system?

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For all the Medicare Advantage haters: [View all] question everything Jan 2026 OP
Great! snowybirdie Jan 2026 #1
Medicare advantage has always worked well for me comradebillyboy Jan 2026 #2
the people that are hating on Advantage plans stopdiggin Jan 2026 #3
This I believe. ariadne0614 Jan 2026 #4
we have been on the same program with the same carrier for more than 15 years question everything Jan 2026 #6
I'm sincerely glad it's worked well for you. ariadne0614 Jan 2026 #8
Last year, my plan paid all but $2,400 on $60k hospital chages. Thunderbeast Jan 2026 #5
this is a rare experience Nigrum Cattus Jan 2026 #7
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