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Big insurance cuts benefits for 3M seniors right after Trump's mega-payout
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Medicare Advantage’s Real Product Is Public Money
The Exit Is the Decision
UnitedHealthcare and Humana are not being forced from unstable markets. They are choosing to abandon plans and reduce benefits because executives consider them insufficiently profitable. UnitedHealthcare expects to finish 2026 with as many as 1.1 million fewer Medicare Advantage members; Humana says its changes will affect roughly 600,000. The disruption imposed on seniors is not an accident. It is the mechanism of “margin expansion.”
Taxpayers Finance the Leverage
The power structure is…
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