Comments on: The Cost of Too Little Administration http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-cost-of-too-little-administration/ Health Care Policy and Reform Insights | NCPA Fri, 25 May 2012 07:13:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Joseph Hepp http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-cost-of-too-little-administration/comment-page-1/#comment-43012 Joseph Hepp Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:09:11 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=3263#comment-43012 Reply to Ron Greiner: I just spoke to Advantra, the only company that offers an MSA in California. The plan is not offered in my zip code, and it will be dropped next year according to the agent I spoke to. Apparently Obama wants to go in a different direction. I can join an HMO at no cost and great expense to Medicare for many years. I will not derive any benefit except for regular checkups, since I am cursed with excellent health. An MSA would be much less costly to Medicare, and provide better benefits to me. Does anyone have any information about why such a good plan will be suspended? Reply to Ron Greiner:

I just spoke to Advantra, the only company that offers an MSA in California. The plan is not offered in my zip code, and it will be dropped next year according to the agent I spoke to. Apparently Obama wants to go in a different direction. I can join an HMO at no cost and great expense to Medicare for many years. I will not derive any benefit except for regular checkups, since I am cursed with excellent health. An MSA would be much less costly to Medicare, and provide better benefits to me.

Does anyone have any information about why such a good plan will be suspended?

]]> By: Don Winslow http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-cost-of-too-little-administration/comment-page-1/#comment-42406 Don Winslow Wed, 06 May 2009 14:54:34 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=3263#comment-42406 Interestingly, the Feds identified some fraud and tried to correct the problem. Are you saying there is no fraud in the private insurance sector, or greed or whatever else these boys/girls do to generate obscene salaries and benefits for themselves? Regards. Interestingly, the Feds identified some fraud and tried to correct the problem.

Are you saying there is no fraud in the private insurance sector, or greed or whatever else these boys/girls do to generate obscene salaries and benefits for themselves? Regards.

]]> By: Ron Greiner http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-cost-of-too-little-administration/comment-page-1/#comment-42405 Ron Greiner Wed, 06 May 2009 14:54:17 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=3263#comment-42405 Seniors in America can now open a "free", tax free MSA at the bank and the United States federal government will make deposits on Jan 1st of each year. The Medicare MSA option is a Medicare Advantage plan. I'm sure none your dead Medicare fraud people were on a Medicare's MSA Advantage plan. Traditional Medicare has fraud as well. I don't think we should be attacking Medicare Advantage right now because that's President Obama's job. Traditional Medicare has a deductible then only pays 80% of hospital and doctor charges. Medicare's MSA plan pays 100% after the deductible. That's big savings to a senior with a $100,000 heart attack. Has anybody has ever seen a newspaper story on Medicare's tax free MSA option? I have been searching and still can't find one. Maybe the father of MSAs knows the answer to that question. Why would a controlled media censor Medicare's tax free MSA? Seniors in America can now open a “free”, tax free MSA at the bank and the United States federal government will make deposits on Jan 1st of each year. The Medicare MSA option is a Medicare Advantage plan.

I’m sure none your dead Medicare fraud people were on a Medicare’s MSA Advantage plan. Traditional Medicare has fraud as well. I don’t think we should be attacking Medicare Advantage right now because that’s President Obama’s job.

Traditional Medicare has a deductible then only pays 80% of hospital and doctor charges. Medicare’s MSA plan pays 100% after the deductible. That’s big savings to a senior with a $100,000 heart attack.

Has anybody has ever seen a newspaper story on Medicare’s tax free MSA option? I have been searching and still can’t find one. Maybe the father of MSAs knows the answer to that question.

Why would a controlled media censor Medicare’s tax free MSA?

]]> By: Rick http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-cost-of-too-little-administration/comment-page-1/#comment-42404 Rick Wed, 06 May 2009 14:52:57 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=3263#comment-42404 Not a den, Joe. Call it a sea of thieves. Not a den, Joe. Call it a sea of thieves.

]]> By: Joe S. http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-cost-of-too-little-administration/comment-page-1/#comment-42403 Joe S. Wed, 06 May 2009 14:19:58 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=3263#comment-42403 Looks like a den of thieves. Looks like a den of thieves.

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