This is episode 57, “What You Need To Know About Medicare, Medigap, Medicare (Dis)Advantage, and How Medicare for All Benefits Seniors, Part 1.“
My guest, Diane Archer, is founder and president of Just Care USA, an independent digital media hub that focuses on health and financial issues facing boomers and their parents. Ms. Archer serves on the Brown University School of Public Health Advisory Board, and is the past chair of the Board of Consumer Reports. She began her career in health advocacy in 1989 as founder and president of the Medicare Rights Center, a national consumer service organization dedicated to ensuring that older and disabled Americans get the health care they need. Ms. Archer received her J.D. degree from Harvard Law School.
My interview with Ms. Archer covers two episodes, 57 and 58. This episode discusses problems with Medicare, Medigap or Supplemental plans, and how Medicare Advantage puts you at a disadvantage. Part 2, available on June 15th, discusses problems with direct contracting, changes to improve Medicare, and how seniors would benefit from Medicare for All.
Do not miss this episode as Ms. Archer discusses critical information that every senior and their children need to know about Medicare.
Plain Economics: The Main Problem With Rural Health Care
Retrospective Denials
Racial Inequities in Health Care
Stop Using Health Insurance Industry Language
Surprise Medical Bills
Insurance Companies Are Practicing Medicine, And They Are Doing It in a Way That If a Doctor Did That, They Would Absolutely Lose Their License
Why Drug Prices Are So Expensive in the United States
The Average Family Is Going to Get Much More and Pay Much Less
Mothers for Medicare for All – Part 2
Mothers for Medicare for All - Part 1
Dealing with HIV
How Do We Meet the Needs of People Who Need Mental Health Services? Poorly!
We Can’t Truly Help People in This For-Profit System
Every Shift I Would See Patients Struggling for Their Care
A Different Kind of Going Broke
A Revelation
Health Care In Rural America
We’ll Win by Building a Grassroots Movement
When You’ve Got a For-Profit System, True Care Goes Out the Window
Hearing Highlights
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