who has one of those scam Medicare Advantage plans. He has bad knees, diabetes and high blood pressure and he is constantly having to fight with them over every dime. Another guy I know has the same problems except for the diabetes but he has actual Medicare and he never has to fight. He goes to any doctor etc. he wants. I know another guy who a couple of years ago was diagnosed with cancer. He had actual Medicare and they told him they would cover anywhere in the country he chose to go and it would be the same coverage. Thankfully he has done really well and went to a famous Midwest clinic a couple of states over. Imagine the fight he would have had with those Advantage crooks. Imagine if that did happen and in the middle of figuring out the best course to try and stay alive you have to spend countless hours on the phone fighting with people to try and get rid of the Advantage crooks and get back to real Medicare.
It reminds me of when I called these scammers a couple of years ago to try and dig out info on their "plans". The first thing they wanted was name, address and SS number. I told them I just wanted to ask some questions about the plans. They said they couldn't answer specific questions but they would transfer me to an agent. The agent came on all pushy and demanding the same info. I responded by asking him if these plans are actually separate insurance policies apart from Medicare. He again asked me for my info. I told him he didn't need the info in order to answer basic questions like that. He told me that he was hanging up since I wouldn't give him the info.
All they want to do is run those commercials that make big promises and get your agreement to pay. It probably saves somebody who is perfectly healthy a little bit but if health problems show up you could be screwed big time.
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