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https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/06/02/inspector-general-ama-and-aha-agree-some-medicare-advantage-plans-are-endangering

There is no ADVANTAGE in Medicare Advantage plans. Propaganda and its cousin, Advertising, does stuff like this. Think about all of the legislative bills and political organizations with titles that do the exact opposite of their titles. (In my school district Moms for Liberty is trying to ban Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-5 and dozens of other books.) In the land of the Insurance Industrial Complex, their mere insurance is called healthcare. It's actually for-profit insurance. Period.

I have friends here in Florida who have Medicare Advantage programs because of their lower costs and because their previous employers subsidize their costs. Two of my friends have discovered, the hard way, how limiting that coverage is when it comes to their healthcare needs.

President Biden delivers his brief platitudes about Medicare, healthcare, etc. complete with a gritty eye-to-camera glint and serious tone of voice and a promise to be on our side. Platitude, eye contact, promise. Followed by... What? Followed by either nothing or a quiet opposite semi-undercover opposite set of actions from "the White House" power grid.

Yes, I vote.

I always vote in every election and have done so for decades.

I do not vote for every item or political position listed on every ballot for obvious reasons.

As I presently face a few immediate medical problems, I cannot continue the farce of selecting the lesser of two evils that are guaranteed to sicken, cripple or kill me as I wait for the next elections in 2024, 2028, 2032, 2036, 2040...

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