As you should expect, the MSM is doing its best to scare the Hell out of Granny. So the first few grafs of the Medicare supplement story--which everyone reads--is DOOM DOOM DOOM TRUMP DOOM!!
...Fewer health insurance plans. Higher out-of-pocket costs. Skimpier supplemental benefits.
This upheaval is what senior citizens will have to contend with when Medicare Advantage open enrollment for 2027 coverage begins on Thursday. That’s why it’s even more important that enrollees review their plan options so they aren’t hit with unexpected bills and other surprises next year, experts say.
Medicare Advantage, which covers just over half of Medicare’s roughly 71 million enrollees, is going through its third year of turmoil as health insurers overhaul their offerings. The changes are largely being spurred by medical costs outpacing reimbursements from the federal government, which pays insurers to provide coverage to Medicare enrollees....
Blah, blah, blah, blah.
ARE YOU SCARED YET?? WILL TRUMP MAKE YOU DIE, PENNILESS AND IN THE GUTTER???
But then, waaaayyyy down in the propaganda story:
Actual numbers? About 3 million people will have to replace Medicare Advantage plan. Last year, 2.9 million did. The year before? 2 million. Remember that all this was caused by "AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE" from Democrat Obama.
Coverage? There's plenty of options:
... most enrollees will still have a choice of multiple policies. The average beneficiary will have 28 Medicare Advantage plans with prescription drug coverage to select from...
... there will be 5,532 Medicare Advantage plans next year, decreasing by only 21,...
Do you have special needs? Under Trump:
... Some 744 chronic condition plans are available for next year, up from 376 in 2025, according to Strock. Enrollment in those types of plans has skyrocketed to more than 1.8 million, up from about 401,000 in the fall of 2021....
So MORE people are covered under those plans. Apparently, TRUMP IS NOT KILLING GRANNY.
Don't you love conditionals? CNN loves them because they can't be blamed for lying like Hell....
... Insurers are also expected to trim the generosity of their supplemental benefits, though CMS has yet to release its overview of these offerings for 2027, experts said. Enrollees may find that their dental and hearing benefits don’t cover as much care as they have in the past, their medical transportation benefits are curtailed or their allowances for over-the-counter products are reduced....
And they may NOT find that.
Waaaaayyyyy down at the bottom, you find this:
...Average monthly premiums, weighted for enrollment, will dip 7% to $12.11 overall...
But hey! Premiums down, dozens of plans available, special-needs plans are plentiful, and MAYBE there will be cutbacks in benefits. So obviously, Trump is killing grandma. In Wisconsin, Tiffany is killing her, too--and Tiffany's also killing grandpa!
You cannot hate the MSM enough.
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