A real Medicare recipient explains why he stays away from Medicare Advantage (Part C) like a plague.
Daily KosAPR 2022
Prior authorization often denies vital services to vulnerable people, jeopardizing their health. Despite its deceptive name, Medicare Advantage is not the same thing as Medicare, as they leave patients without the benefits they need while overcharging the federal government for corporate profit.
Medicare Advantage gives people a choice in what insurance and benefits they want, and with that comes prior authorization — a necessary tool to control costs, make sure health care is necessary, effective, and efficient, and curb ever-prevalent medical fraud.