"The move to privatize Medicare," said one expert, has "been very profitable, in part because insurers are good at making their patients seem sicker."
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"Adding dental, vision, and hearing benefits to Medicare is supported by 84% of the American people," said an aide to Sen. Sanders, who plans to propose including the expansion in Democrats' reconciliation package.
The retail behemoth has acquired One Medical, which is in the Medicare privatization business.
In the past five years, more than half of U.S. adults report they've gone into debt because of medical or dental bills. "Debt is no longer just a bug in our system. It is one of the main products. We have a health care system almost perfectly designed to create debt."
The Biden administration hasn’t stopped trying to privatize Medicare. But a pushback is gaining steam.
“Our goal really is to stop the 24-hour shifts. It should have stopped six years ago when these women first spoke out — working through the night and literally breaking their bodies.”
Critics Blast Biden Rebrand of Trump's Medicare Privatization Scheme . "Changing the name doesn't change the fact that the Direct Contracting program is backdoor privatization of Medicare," said one progressive advocate.
Medicare Advantage was supposed to be a money-saver. It’s now become a costly, unaccountable cash cow for private insurance companies that is swallowing traditional Medicare.
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