Medicare Advantage plans are of no benefit to anyone except the companies selling these plans. If a person has health problems it can take days or weeks to get referrals, then learn their copays could run several hundreds of dollars. The stress can be overwhelming to find doctors or health organizations who accept MA plans. Fewer health providers are accepting certain MA plans.
Medicare Advantage plans are a ruse by the private health insurance companies to squeeze their way into the federal budget and grab as much of the medicare funds as possible and not have to do a whole lot to justify it. Some of the major insurance companies spend millions on advertising and lobbyists yet fail to provide timely, needed and adequate care for elderly patients.
The intent of medicare was not intended to be a profit stream for insurance companies and performance bonuses for their officers and employees.