Medicare Advantage boosterism, providers’ surprise billing savior in Texas, and a health insurance firewall

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The latest in the Medicare Advantage Discourse™

We are at the point in the Medicare Advantage Discourse where health insurers have convinced themselves, and are continuing to try to convince the public, that MA saves taxpayers oodles of money. The verdict from experts on this extremely in-the-weeds issue: Don’t buy it.

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