800 Medicare May be Shut Down

[somarco]

800 MEDICARE helps many seniors get answers to their questions. It boasts a 95% satisfaction rate which polls considerably higher than anyone in DC . . . either party.

The service contract is worth billions of dollars. Behind the scenes there is a battle between labor unions, federal contractors and politicians.

Will the service line survive or be pared back as funding becomes a political football?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/06/28/medicare-hotline-contract-hhs-maximus/

 

[Bevo]

800 MEDICARE helps many seniors get answers to their questions. It boasts a 95% satisfaction rate which polls considerably higher than anyone in DC . . . either party.

The service contract is worth billions of dollars. Behind the scenes there is a battle between labor unions, federal contractors and politicians.

Will the service line survive or be pared back as funding becomes a political football?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/06/28/medicare-hotline-contract-hhs-maximus/

No worries. They have a purple-haired 81-year-old Dem congresswoman working to smooth it all over. What could go wrong?

 

[GoPokes]

Seems like a storm is brewing, cutting out FMO overrides (their incentive to provide/innovate service), implementing new PDP metrics, & disrupting the public call center info line…

we all talk about how many seniors will be shopping this AEP, where will they get assistance?

From a political perspective, the timing seems terrible. Creating chaos within Medicare, impacting the lives of a big voter base…

 

[Cenla Agent]

Don't worry. Joe Montana will explain it all to them.

 

[vic120]

Don't worry. Joe Montana will explain it all to them.

Yes he beat Medicare, and cured cancer