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Spot on, Sue. Medicare Advantage plans are mostly an advantage to the insurance companies, not patients. My husband and I have Medicare with a supplemental plan through my former employer, and I am constantly surprised at how much more coverage for actual medical expenses we have than relatives with Medicare Advantage plans have and at how seamless our benefits are. Of course, I must admit we didn't get that free gym membership....
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We too continued our employee coverage, even though the premiums are far from free - we pay a lot, but the flip side is few or no co-pays for visits and hospitalizations. And most of the time we can see specialists without a referral if we need to. But with the list of doctor visits between us, I feel we are far ahead, and no surprises to our budget.