Yes AARP is a supplemental insurance to original Medicare the UHC advantage plan is a program of all its own. I also wrote to AARP in DC to get them on board
AARP has ties to UHC’s advantage and supplemental plans. I have the supplement, with which I have had no problems. I would never have an advantage plan. Until we reach the point where that’s all that’s available, which is what I fear.
That is my fear also. I have a complex inflammatory disease and if I’m forced onto Medicare (Dis)advantage, I’ll be dead. Whether from the illness itself or suicide because I can’t live with the pain remains to be seen.
I’m sorry to hear about your condition; I wish you well. I have friends with advantage plans, and so far they seem to be happy with them. When they were shopping I was vocal in my opinion, but they made their choice. Based on another friend’s experience (she is now deceased), I had told them that such plans are fine until you actually get sick. Then you’re pretty much on your own.
How many seniors, sick,disabled and children have to die ? As we watch the callous disregard for those dying in Ukraine, Gaza and so many other places in the world why would they care about US citizens? So much blood on their hands.
I’m 1st yr on original Medicare. I had blood work done in March. Since they said it was unauthorized blood work, Dr orders it, tgat I must pay it and that I signed something saying I knew that! I called my supplemental company AFLAC and they informed me since denied by Medicare they can’t pay any of it. So I’m to cough up 280/mo in premiums and pay for labs $890 then any actual treatment. Truly peeved.
Who was the first to say “they want you to get sick and die”? I think it may have been awhile ago, but it just got one step closer to being on a propaganda poster.
My rent was more than half of my SS income. I applied for Extra Help in 2018 and was rejected. I finally received a letter Nov 2024 stating I have been approved for Extra Help, effective 1/1/25. It pays your Medicare premium and lowers your Rx Copay. I received another letter in August 2025 stating I’m no longer eligible for Extra Help. SS is my only income. It did not increase between Jan-Sept 2025. My SNAP monthly benefit was reduced Feb 2023 by 60%. My SS and Medicare began when I became disabled at 55 from a work injury that aggravated pre-existing spinal issues. Aetna Med Advantage made me wait almost 6 mos for authorization for an MRI.
Look at the shit they're spending money on. A Ballroom, $50,000 sign on for new ICE recruits, bonuses, flyovers, payouts, tariffs. National Guard where they're unnecessary. The list goes on. It's f-ing maddening!
THis is not normal. This is NOT normal. THIS is not normal. This is not NORMAL. THIS IS NOT NORMAL THis is not normal. This is NOT normal. THIS is not normal. This is not NORMAL. THIS IS NOT NORMALTHis is not normal. This is NOT normal. THIS is not normal. This is not NORMAL. THIS IS NOT NORMAL THis is not normal. This is NOT normal. THIS is not normal. This is not NORMAL. THIS IS NOT NORMAL
I saw someone say the other day and I agree, AI is why they are actively trying to kill us. If they develop and depend on AI, they won’t need humans to work for them. If they don’t need us, they don’t care if we live or die. It makes sense. Now they are using this to determine if our elderly and disabled get medical care? It’s disgusting. They only value us if they can use us.
With the Federal Income Contribution Act (FICA), we all paid 15.3% of our income throughout our working years to pay for Medicare and Social Security, so not a handout! AI has great potential, but how it works in Medicare depends on how fair the programming is. IT guys know how to manipulate the algorithms to sway “clinical” decisions, with their incentives to enrich themselves allowing them to pick our pockets at will.
Powerful information. Every senior citizen is know they want to eventually kill us before our to pay a billionaire owned business the money we should be using for medical care. AI doesn’t have any knowledge about health care only about making money for the business that will cause suffering and death for us. This is more than outrageous it’s criminal.
Use/share this spreadsheet (bit.ly/Goodtrouble) as a resource to call/email/write members of Congress, the Cabinet and news organizations. Reach out to those in your own state, and those in a committee that fits your topic. Call. Write. Email. Protest. Unrelentingly. We deserve better ❤️🩹🤍💙
The dumbest administration in our history, the one that is technically illiterate, has jumped into using AI everywhere and they have no idea what they are doing! This will be a total disaster.
CALL your legislators! Much more impactful than email. Speak to a human staffer. Let them hear you as you voice your opposition to this bullshit. If you get shunted to voicemail, leave a strong message. Even better: stop in to the office. That REALLY shakes them up.
Another way to kill older Americans, straight out of the Project 2025 playbook. Goes right along with RFK Jr’s destroying HHS. Millions will die and they will profit.
This makes me so angry! DEEPLY disappointed in “Dr Oz”! We’ve paid into the system & now they want to kill us off & keep our premiums! Please, give me 5 minutes with that taint trump & I’ll prep him for HELL. Then give me 5 more minutes with “Dr Oz” & then call his wife to pick up what’s left of him! Enough already! These poor excuses for humans need removal like a cancerous tumor! 😡🤬
i have faxed your writing to the Dems in Washington DC to the ones that I have fax numbers for as well as a personal story on how this will affect me because I am a Medicare recipient.
When will Republicans realize that their Republican leaders, and especially their Great Orange Master, care only for business and profit and not America’s citizens like them?
Where's AARP? They should be a loud and powerful voice in this fight!
They are tied to United Healthcare- one of the most dishonest Medicare Disadvantage corporations.
I also included that in my letter that i sent because tv Dr. Oz has been pushing for Medicare advantage plans longer than he's been in government
They are the apex predators of denials of care!!
Yes AARP is a supplemental insurance to original Medicare the UHC advantage plan is a program of all its own. I also wrote to AARP in DC to get them on board
It’s the Medicare disadvantage that has led to them being subjected to large fines.
They promote United Healthcare (Dis)Advantage exclusively - which is being sanctioned for denying care to maximize profits.
AARP has ties to UHC’s advantage and supplemental plans. I have the supplement, with which I have had no problems. I would never have an advantage plan. Until we reach the point where that’s all that’s available, which is what I fear.
That is my fear also. I have a complex inflammatory disease and if I’m forced onto Medicare (Dis)advantage, I’ll be dead. Whether from the illness itself or suicide because I can’t live with the pain remains to be seen.
I’m sorry to hear about your condition; I wish you well. I have friends with advantage plans, and so far they seem to be happy with them. When they were shopping I was vocal in my opinion, but they made their choice. Based on another friend’s experience (she is now deceased), I had told them that such plans are fine until you actually get sick. Then you’re pretty much on your own.
I've never seen aarp do that
Google the relationship.
Ok thx
You are right. They are in bed with the enemy
How many seniors, sick,disabled and children have to die ? As we watch the callous disregard for those dying in Ukraine, Gaza and so many other places in the world why would they care about US citizens? So much blood on their hands.
Indeed
They are worthless. Prior to the election they ran articles from Harris and Trump with ZERO comments on the lies he told
They and so many others, of course
Yes!
Fuck they are a shill for united health care,pay attention please
AARP leadership had changed!
I went to the dr office yesterday for my preop visit for cataract surgery.
Mind you, I was a surgeon at this hospital.
There was a form that they wanted me to sign that made me financially responsible for any charges that “insurance” didn’t cover.
WTF, I am being charged $600 a month for my Medicare premium. I am straight regular Medicare, not the BS advantage.
So when I declined to sign the form, I was told that I wouldn’t get surgery.
Yeah, death panels sound about right.
Just adds insult to injury…
Welcome to tRump’s Amerikkka.
I’m 1st yr on original Medicare. I had blood work done in March. Since they said it was unauthorized blood work, Dr orders it, tgat I must pay it and that I signed something saying I knew that! I called my supplemental company AFLAC and they informed me since denied by Medicare they can’t pay any of it. So I’m to cough up 280/mo in premiums and pay for labs $890 then any actual treatment. Truly peeved.
You can now buy lab tests directly online. It is cheaper than trying to get labs from Medicare.
Who was the first to say “they want you to get sick and die”? I think it may have been awhile ago, but it just got one step closer to being on a propaganda poster.
$600 ? Wow. I’m under$200.
Rate is tied to income.
True that, but it looks at the income made the prior year.
As a surgeon, if I don’t cut, I don’t eat.
Have I saved money?
I am not getting my social security payments yet, cause they changed the rules and now I must be 67.
I knew the Medicare system before Oz and all the other grifters.
Now, signing a piece of paper like that will allow seniors to be billed directly for ANYTHING that they don’t pre authorize.
Bye, bye savings.
Bye Bye life
Get fucked trump.
Get fucked Oz
Hatred of 10 trillion super novas is directed to the degenerate republicans and all the MAGAs who are destroying the USA for Amerikkka.
My rent was more than half of my SS income. I applied for Extra Help in 2018 and was rejected. I finally received a letter Nov 2024 stating I have been approved for Extra Help, effective 1/1/25. It pays your Medicare premium and lowers your Rx Copay. I received another letter in August 2025 stating I’m no longer eligible for Extra Help. SS is my only income. It did not increase between Jan-Sept 2025. My SNAP monthly benefit was reduced Feb 2023 by 60%. My SS and Medicare began when I became disabled at 55 from a work injury that aggravated pre-existing spinal issues. Aetna Med Advantage made me wait almost 6 mos for authorization for an MRI.
Hmmm
https://www.healthline.com/health/medicare/medicare-income-limits
That is what I agree to to make a standard checkup appointment. If insurance is rejected they cancel the appointment.
Look at the shit they're spending money on. A Ballroom, $50,000 sign on for new ICE recruits, bonuses, flyovers, payouts, tariffs. National Guard where they're unnecessary. The list goes on. It's f-ing maddening!
THis is not normal. This is NOT normal. THIS is not normal. This is not NORMAL. THIS IS NOT NORMAL THis is not normal. This is NOT normal. THIS is not normal. This is not NORMAL. THIS IS NOT NORMALTHis is not normal. This is NOT normal. THIS is not normal. This is not NORMAL. THIS IS NOT NORMAL THis is not normal. This is NOT normal. THIS is not normal. This is not NORMAL. THIS IS NOT NORMAL
Normal is not a strong enough reason. Stealing is appropriate. Like saying, my purse was stolen, this is not normal.
I saw someone say the other day and I agree, AI is why they are actively trying to kill us. If they develop and depend on AI, they won’t need humans to work for them. If they don’t need us, they don’t care if we live or die. It makes sense. Now they are using this to determine if our elderly and disabled get medical care? It’s disgusting. They only value us if they can use us.
With the Federal Income Contribution Act (FICA), we all paid 15.3% of our income throughout our working years to pay for Medicare and Social Security, so not a handout! AI has great potential, but how it works in Medicare depends on how fair the programming is. IT guys know how to manipulate the algorithms to sway “clinical” decisions, with their incentives to enrich themselves allowing them to pick our pockets at will.
Powerful information. Every senior citizen is know they want to eventually kill us before our to pay a billionaire owned business the money we should be using for medical care. AI doesn’t have any knowledge about health care only about making money for the business that will cause suffering and death for us. This is more than outrageous it’s criminal.
Use/share this spreadsheet (bit.ly/Goodtrouble) as a resource to call/email/write members of Congress, the Cabinet and news organizations. Reach out to those in your own state, and those in a committee that fits your topic. Call. Write. Email. Protest. Unrelentingly. We deserve better ❤️🩹🤍💙
Amen.
Thank you for the tip!
The dumbest administration in our history, the one that is technically illiterate, has jumped into using AI everywhere and they have no idea what they are doing! This will be a total disaster.
CALL your legislators! Much more impactful than email. Speak to a human staffer. Let them hear you as you voice your opposition to this bullshit. If you get shunted to voicemail, leave a strong message. Even better: stop in to the office. That REALLY shakes them up.
Another way to kill older Americans, straight out of the Project 2025 playbook. Goes right along with RFK Jr’s destroying HHS. Millions will die and they will profit.
They smile as they destroy us…
This makes me so angry! DEEPLY disappointed in “Dr Oz”! We’ve paid into the system & now they want to kill us off & keep our premiums! Please, give me 5 minutes with that taint trump & I’ll prep him for HELL. Then give me 5 more minutes with “Dr Oz” & then call his wife to pick up what’s left of him! Enough already! These poor excuses for humans need removal like a cancerous tumor! 😡🤬
i have faxed your writing to the Dems in Washington DC to the ones that I have fax numbers for as well as a personal story on how this will affect me because I am a Medicare recipient.
I am a Medicare recipient also.
call you representative and let them know how this will affect you as a Medicare recipient
I did just that!
Thanks!
Thank you for your reminder!!!
When will Republicans realize that their Republican leaders, and especially their Great Orange Master, care only for business and profit and not America’s citizens like them?
Perhaps Trump should seek Rick Scott's assistance, he knows how to trash Medicare better than anybody.