DR OZ selected to head CMS by Trump 😳

[rmhaire]

My bad fatty.. hit the gym, actually. Don’t.

Yet just a few posts ago you posted this:

we are trying to have an adult conversation over here, Robert.

Looks like you're getting the hang of it, Karen.

 

[myinsurebiz]

I had to leave after page #4 - doesn't take long for a thread to go off track, as usual . . .

Ain't that right, Amtrak?

 

[goillini52]

I had to leave after page #4 - doesn't take long for a thread to go off track, as usual . . .

Ain't that right, Amtrak?

That's right Lamb Chops.

 

[just-a-client]

That would be cool. Affirmation all the freebies will be removed. Medicare does NOT have insurance agents either so another affirmation over paid commissions renewals would possible be gone or reduced 1 year lump 500.00 if Ozzy moves to universal. Basic universal coming possible w Ozzy

That would be the only way to finance universal HC all pork gone.

Thanks for the post!

I didn't spot anything in that article at Forbes that suggests removal of freebies or elimination of agents, or that the benefits the plans would provide would be "basic."

The one thing they write that relates to the extra benefits in MAPD is actually that "Medicare Advantage also has much better benefits..."

My first reaction was "Oh good, a doctor - he probably hates Medicare Advantage." But was disappointed to read his perspective. The co-author of the article was a former CEO of Kaiser Permanente, the large managed care outfit.

Where they write "By using this approach we could also significantly reduce administrative costs as a country. The complex array of payers in our hodgepodge payment nonsystem that has created a massive administrative burden would shrink significantly", that's weird, because Original Medicare has one payer, and doesn't it actually have the lowest administrative costs? And doesn't it actually spend less $ per enrollee than Medicare Advantage, with really essentially the same health outcomes?

Maybe you're making the not unreasonable assumption that universal coverage - through any structure, public or private - is so expensive that they would have to cut back on extras.

 

[jswjr]

No more Scope forms needed 48 hours ahead of appointments or Recorded telephone conversations ?

 

[InsuranceGuy29]

No more Scope forms needed 48 hours ahead of appointments or Recorded telephone conversations ?

I would put money on both of them going away. Trump has already said how stupid it is that people need to wait 48 hours to simply speak to an agent. My FMO is lobbying hard to make call recording go away, and I hope everyone else's is too. We pay FMO's a lot of money...the least they can do is represent us and make our agent lives easier. All I have to say is "BYE BYE CHIQUITA!!! Don't let the door hit you in the @SS!"

 

[DonP]

I would put money on both of them going away. Trump has already said how stupid it is that people need to wait 48 hours to simply speak to an agent. All I have to say is "BYE BYE CHIQUITA!!! Don't let the door hit you in the @SS!"

You obviously didn’t get the memo . I’d say 95% of agents don’t wait 48 hrs . Everything’s a call in or they came to my office

 

[InsuranceGuy29]

You obviously didn’t get the memo . I’d say 95% of agents don’t wait 48 hrs . Everything’s a call in or they came to my office

You're not wrong, but it's still a technicality "gotcha!" that they do have to use against us, potentially. It all just needs to go away. It's absolutely pointless and useless. Why give them any sort of upper hand at all? That's the way I see it.