Why do the American taxpayers always wind up getting screwed? Why are the corrupt never held accountable?
Private insurers bilked taxpayers out of more than a half-trillion dollars between 2007 and 2023
https://sharylattkisson.com/2024/06/private-insurers-bilked-taxpayers-out-of-more-than-half-trillion-dollars-between-2007-and-2023/
Excerpt below from full article above.
“Medicare Advantage plans have, in effect, stolen hundreds of billions from taxpayers,”says David Himmelstein, a study co-author who is a Distinguished Professor at CUNY’s Hunter College, a lecturer at Harvard Medical School, and a Research Associate at Public Citizen.“And the private plans’ schemes also raise seniors’ Part B Medicare premiums. Even seniors who don’t choose to enroll in Medicare Advantage are subsidizing the private plans’ profits.”
https://sharylattkisson.com/2024/06/private-insurers-bilked-taxpayers-out-of-more-than-half-trillion-dollars-between-2007-and-2023/
Excerpt below from full article above.
“Medicare Advantage plans have, in effect, stolen hundreds of billions from taxpayers,”says David Himmelstein, a study co-author who is a Distinguished Professor at CUNY’s Hunter College, a lecturer at Harvard Medical School, and a Research Associate at Public Citizen.“And the private plans’ schemes also raise seniors’ Part B Medicare premiums. Even seniors who don’t choose to enroll in Medicare Advantage are subsidizing the private plans’ profits.”



