Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Nov 2024
The sickest patients are fleeing private Medicare plans costing taxpayers billions
11 November 2024 - Medicare Advantage patients in the last year of life were far more likely to switch to traditional Medicare, shifting costs from insurers.
Patricia Greene had spent a month recovering from a devastating stroke when her Medicare Advantage insurer, a unit of UnitedHealth Group, decided to stop paying for her nursing home.
The 85-year-old was so weak and fragile, her son said, that she couldn’t even get herself out of bed. Her family felt she wasn’t ready to leave the facility in New York City’s Queens borough.
