In western Montana, an 81-year-old woman with diabetes is fighting with Humana, the seller of her Medicare Advantage plan and an aggressive marketer of Medicare insurance options. Humana, which holds the No. 2 spot for MA plan sales, is requiring the woman to pay the initial cost of $400 and then 90%, or $360, of the costs after that for a continuous blood glucose monitor her doctor says actually costs about $60 to $70 every two weeks.
Trudy, great work as always. I had been hoping to get some medical students to count up the number of TV MA ads on a sample day, but we thought of the project too late to pull it off this year. Is there any data you know of the dollar spend on this dangerous nonsense? Ken Frisof, Cleveland, OH
Trudy, great work as always. I had been hoping to get some medical students to count up the number of TV MA ads on a sample day, but we thought of the project too late to pull it off this year. Is there any data you know of the dollar spend on this dangerous nonsense? Ken Frisof, Cleveland, OH