More Perfect Union: The $140 Billion A Year That DOGE Should Go After [VIDEO]
Medicare Advantage isn’t just a privatized alternative to traditional Medicare — it’s become a massive government subsidy to some of the most profitable companies in the world.
More Perfect Union released a really great video exposing the shocking waste ($140 billion annually) baked into the Medicare Advantage program — and I was honored to be featured.
In the video, I explain how for-profit insurance companies like UnitedHealth Group, Centene and Humana have turned this program, which was meant to offer more choices for seniors, into a gold mine for Wall Street — at the expense of taxpayers and patients.
Medicare Advantage isn’t just a privatized alternative to traditional Medicare — it’s become a massive government subsidy to some of the most profitable companies in the world. I’m grateful to More Perfect Union for shining a light on how this system is failing the people it’s supposed to serve. If you haven’t watched the video yet, I encourage you to do so—and share it widely – it also features topic experts like Jenn Coffey, former Republican lawmaker and Dr. Diljeet Singh, President of Physicians for a National Health Program.
How can we not be reminded of those turn of (the last) century newspaper cartoons of bloated millionaires eating the poor.
This is the same story for Medicaid as well. In fact it is even worse given the amount of money given to non profit entities and extensive number of government agencies that feed off of Medicaid, especially in the State of Ca.the largest Medicaid "recipient" in the country.