Medicare Advantage Cuts will cost seniors benefits: testimony

Shawn Bishop, staffer on Capitol Hill, confirms the CBO analysis that says that $113 billion in cuts to the Medicare Advantage program will result in reduced benefits for its enrollees. Two points to remember:

1. 25% of people on Medicare buy MA plans for the express purpose of gaining better coverage and more benefits;

2. There are an additional $400 billion in proposed "savings" coming at the expense of Medicare in general over 10 years. That represents about 9% of Medicare outlays in that period.

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• health care
• Medicare
• Medicare Advantage
• Obama
• ObamaCare
• CBO

[MsGmon1]

Medicare doesn't cover shit! Seniors & disabled NEED strong Medicare Advantage Plans! These selfish dumbshits should be STRENGTHENING Medicare Advantage Plans NOT cutting it! These idiots in Washington don't comprehend how it works because their healthcare is taxpayer funded! They don't have to pay shit for it, they just continually screw us for their comfy plans, while we get the shaft!~

[csplendrig]

@09090985 what's the lie? There will be cuts but not in its equivalent A & B parts as required by law, the cuts will be in the extra benefits that go beyond traditional medicare such as vision and dental. As you may be aware, traditional medicare doesn't cover vision and dental

[mchilders7]

SAY NO TO HEALTHCARE.

[09090985]

She can't even keep her lies strait

[SAYESTOHEALTHCARE1]

he is misleading you,,,,,the cuts just take money from the private INSURANCE running advantage now..the govt will run advantage now,,saving 25% of overhead costs INCREASING BENEFITS TO MEMBERS,,,NOT CUTTING THEM