TY - JOUR
T1 - Traditional Medicare or Medicare Advantage? The Leukemia and Cancer Perspective
AU - Kantarjian, Hagop
AU - Zeidan, Amer M.
AU - Fathi, Amir T.
AU - Stein, Eytan
AU - Rajkumar, Vincent
AU - Tefferi, Ayalew
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
PY - 2024/1
Y1 - 2024/1
N2 - Today, approximately 50% of patients eligible for Medicare have opted for Medicare Advantage as their primary coverage. Whereas Medicare Advantage is a reasonable option for healthy senior Americans, issues arise once they have serious or chronic medical problems, which are prevalent among older Americans. This review details the pros and cons of standard Medicare vs Medicare Advantage. The authors recommend considering standard Medicare as a better form of insurance coverage. In addition, patients should also enroll in Medicare Part D to get prescription drug coverage; buy a supplemental MediGap policy; and buy additional coverage for hearing, vision, and dental care. Although this is a more complicated process, it is also a better one until Medicare Advantage revises its plans to address the current issues facing Americans on such plans who have serious illnesses.
AB - Today, approximately 50% of patients eligible for Medicare have opted for Medicare Advantage as their primary coverage. Whereas Medicare Advantage is a reasonable option for healthy senior Americans, issues arise once they have serious or chronic medical problems, which are prevalent among older Americans. This review details the pros and cons of standard Medicare vs Medicare Advantage. The authors recommend considering standard Medicare as a better form of insurance coverage. In addition, patients should also enroll in Medicare Part D to get prescription drug coverage; buy a supplemental MediGap policy; and buy additional coverage for hearing, vision, and dental care. Although this is a more complicated process, it is also a better one until Medicare Advantage revises its plans to address the current issues facing Americans on such plans who have serious illnesses.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.mayocp.2023.11.004
DO - 10.1016/j.mayocp.2023.11.004
M3 - Short survey
C2 - 38108685
AN - SCOPUS:85181142920
SN - 0025-6196
VL - 99
SP - 15
EP - 21
JO - Mayo Clinic Proceedings
JF - Mayo Clinic Proceedings
IS - 1
ER -