Eleven Democratic senators have sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, asking the federal government to enact stronger consumer protections for Medicare Advantage in light of their concern over marketing practices for the program. This concern was spurred, in part, by a recent report released by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore.,
Health experts are warning older adults about an uptick in misleading marketing tactics that might lead some to sign up for Medicare Advantage plans that don’t cover their doctors or prescriptions and drive up their out-of-pocket costs.
Health experts are warning older adults about an uptick in misleading marketing tactics that might lead some to sign up for Medicare Advantage plans that don’t cover their doctors or prescriptions and drive up their out-of-pocket costs.
Staff at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are on the trail. They are secretly shopping for plans by calling the numbers linked to some online, TV and newspaper ads placed by these marketing firms, according to an agency memo sent to insurers last month.
A number of states have been hit with complaints about Medicare Advantage marketing, with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services saying the number of Medicare beneficiary complaints about private sector marketing for Medicare Advantage plans more than doubled from 2020 to 2021. A new report released by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, implored the