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Medicare Advantage (MA) boasts about its extra dental, vision, and hearing coverage. But a new study says that MA patients do not access these types of care any more often than traditional Medicare beneficiaries do, while paying about the same in out-of-pocket costs. Meanwhile, the government pays private MA insurers MORE per patient than for traditional Medicare. The study's author, Dr. Lisa Simon of Mass General Brigham, tells us what's really going on here... in this episode of the podcast.
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Medicare Advantage (MA) boasts about its extra dental, vision, and hearing coverage. But a new study says that MA patients do not access these types of care any more often than traditional Medicare beneficiaries do, while paying about the same in out-of-pocket costs. Meanwhile, the government pays private MA insurers MORE per patient than for traditional Medicare. The study's author, Dr. Lisa Simon of Mass General Brigham, tells us what's really going on here... in this episode of the podcast.

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