The controversial plan moves 250,000 city retirees off of traditional Medicare and into a privately managed version of the program as a bad deal for seniors.
“It’s a bad decision. It is not good,” Ocasio-Cortez said about the change in health coverage for retirees during a virtual town hall Thursday.Private health insurer Aetna will manage the Medicare Advantage program.
The switch will provide some new benefits, like routine hearing and vision exams, hearing aids, and mental health care via telemedicine. “This [Medicare Advantage] is a cash cow for them [private insurers]. It’s very profitable,” she asserted. The congresswoman, who represents portions of The Bronx and Queens, said Medicare Advantage has been rife with inflated bills and fraud, noting she was one of 70 House members
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