<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body dir="auto"><div><img src="cid:BFA0C858-A543-4AB3-838A-B9D573AEB148" alt="image1.jpeg" id="BFA0C858-A543-4AB3-838A-B9D573AEB148"></div><div><a href="http://www.medicalpracticetrends.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/medicare-monster-wp1.jpg">http://www.medicalpracticetrends.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/medicare-monster-wp1.jpg</a><br><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"There's room at the top they are telling you still.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">- John Lennon</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div></div><div><br>On Feb 24, 2015, at 10:34 AM, Nicholas Gier <<a href="mailto:ngier006@gmail.com">ngier006@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Roger,</div><div><br></div><div>I almost got caught in a local Medicare Advantage program with all sorts of come-ons, but my former partner, after doing some research, talked me out of it. We found out that I could not go to the UW medical school or most out-of-state medical facilities. A popular Medicare Advantage program in Spokane will not cover medical procedures in Moscow!</div><div><br></div><div>Some years ago the North Carolina Teachers Association (I believe) put all of their retirees on a Medicare Advantage Program. Some of them choose to move out of state and they soon discovered that they had no coverage in their new areas of residence!</div><div><br></div><div>Medicare Advantage is a "Free Market" scam: it limits coverage, take money away from ordinary Medicare with its high subsidies, and the health insurance executives add bonuses to their $10 million plus salaries. That's the only "advantage" I can see in this program. </div><div><br></div><div>Time to cut this one free! It proves once again that making health a commodity subject to market forces simply is not the most efficient way to delivery and guarantee it.</div><div><br></div><div>So I'm telling Sen. Crapo to cool his heels on Medicare Advantage, and do something positive for ordinary Medicare recipients.</div><div><br></div><div>nfg</div><div><br></div></div>
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