Medicare Advantage = "Pay to Privatize" Isn't it time to stop subsidizing those who profit off our illnesses?

From John Curry, July 17, 2007
Subject: Medicare Advantage = "Pay to Privatize" Isn't it time to stop subsidizing those who profit off our illnesses?

Yeah, I know STRS is considering adopting the Medicare Advantage program. I also know that the Congress is strongly talking about putting the "kibosh" to the profiteering by Advantage administrators on the backs of those who sign up for the Medicare Advantage program with private insurance companies AND retirement systems. Medicare Advantage administrators can severely limit your choices of doctors that traditional Medicare isn't allowed to by law! Of course, those who are proponents of the advantage plans certainly won't go out of their way to tell you that, will they? When will they stop taking a good program (Medicare) and trying to privatize it for a profit? Maybe I should state it differently...When will they stop making crooks?

Click here to read the full report: Privatized Medicare: Why "Medicare Advantage" is the wrong prescription -- and how Ohioans can stop footing the bill (PDF file)