This year I thought about smashing my TV to bits rather than wait for yet another commercial about Medicare Advantage plans to end. AND, I don't watch that much "free TV". It was insane. I cannot imagine what it was like for social media users.
Here's why I found it so upsetting. The commercials were incredibly misleading and bordered on being outright lies. In the past, these kinds of commercials were slapped down by the FCC for being duplicitous. Where is the FCC? Why was the head of HHS not in a rage over how the ads were trying to trick people into signing up for subpar insurance? Where was AARP as a defender of seniors? There seems to be no "watchdog" who is willing to slap down the insurance industry. I am all for honest capitalism but this is corruption.
I am writing this post knowing the readers of this blog are highly unlikely to be swayed by the drivel in Medicare Advantage advertising. However, if you know people who are vulnerable, please help them "see the light" about the Medicare Advantage ads. There is no such thing as "free". Everything has a price. Even when people don't have to pay for healthcare, the price is being so poor they cannot afford it and the places where they can go to get care are incredibly limited. Help your friends, please help them understand those Medicare commercials are a pile of BS.
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