I'll admit that MA hasn't been bad to me in the years I've been on it. I'd just like to have had a real choice in the matter... not being tricked into it. What really po's me about my experience is I sat there and told the guy I wanted information only... it was an "information gathering" meeting. I did NOT want to sign up for anything at that moment. And I got signed up, anyway... and the choice was completely taken away from me by this one broker. So, not only (to me) was it fraud, the guy flat out lied and completely disregarded my wishes and commands. It leaves one with a pretty sour taste in one's mouth.
Was it because I was female, and therefore didn't know enough to make up my own mind? He wasn't much younger or older than me, so could it be generational attitudes? I gave up trying to figure out the reason WHY he did what he did, and ended up just ascribing it to greed. Some years later now, my thoughts still go there.
You're right, tho... they not only want to make private Medicare the default option and kill Medicare altogether, that's the game plan for EVERY service, etc., that we utilize. Bush jr tried to privatize Social Security. I have no doubt T and his republican admin will seal the deal this admin. They've been working on privatizing everything since at least Reagan... at least that was the biggest, most obvious push towards privatization. Instead of Socialism, we'll have feudalism and fascism. Actually, we'll have an aristocratic kakistocracy, IMO.
Anything that serves the public good, IMNSHO, should NOT be privatized. The only reason to privatize anything is to gift major profits to someone. Privatizing never saves money, no matter what republicans say. It also means that efficiency, effectiveness, and utility will disappear, as will that particular service sometime in the future. They're determined to bring back the Wild West, dog eat dog, cowboy shoot Indian mentality to everyone. Problem is, too many of us have evolved into social citizens, and we just don't fit. So my generation will probably be the last of the old ways. They have to get rid of as many of us as they can as quickly as they can, and then they can proceed with their version of Big Brother. That's why RFK jr is their perfect choice for HHS leader. He can oversee what is and what isn't covered by Medicare or MA, what comes before the FDA for approval, etc. Better to kill us off with natural bacteria and viruses, where possible. See: Covid. I'm just waiting for a long dormant disease hidden in the melting tundra to wipe millions off the face of the earth. IOW, just as the SCOTUS is now offering and depending upon the 15th century monks for rationalizing their judgements, I'm expecting the earth to de-evolve to the intelligence and behavioral level of the 15th century. IOW, I'm not hopeful (gryn).
= new reply since forum marked as read