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MedPac Report to Congress on Medicare and Medicare Advantage

Bill Haskell | June 9, 2025 7:01 am

Healthcare
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US Economics

Rewrite of important points on Medicare and the over payments to commercial MA plans. This is not the entire Chapter 12 MedPac report to Congress. Although, you may think it is as this a rather long post even after I boiled it down. Why Chapter 12? Simple . . . It talks about the rip-off. […]

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Medicare Advantage Overbilling Taxpayers by $140 Billion a Year

Bill Haskell | October 9, 2023 7:00 am

Education
Healthcare
Politics
US Economics

Medicare Advantage Overbilling Taxpayers by $140 Billion a Year, This is Enough to Wipe Out Medicare Premiums, Informed Comment, Juan Cole and Jake Johnson. AB‘s Joel sent me an Informed Comment article. I read the article and knew there was more to the issue than just overcharging the government by upcoding Medicare Advantage plan members. […]

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