Medicare Advantage − the private option that costs taxpayers extra and requires prior approval − is the default for some state agencies and corporations.
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Rather than finding efficiencies and saving money all around, the private companies that administer the Medicare Advantage option to Medicare are profiting at seniors’ – and taxpayers’ – expense.
At the dawn of Medicare, Saskatchewan’s community co-op clinics pioneered team-based, holistic care. Now, with the health system in crisis 60 years later, it may be time to return to that care model.
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Research Scientist of Health Policy and Economics, University of Southern California
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Professor, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan
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Professional Research Associate, Canadian Centre for the Study of Co-operatives, University of Saskatchewan
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Assistant Professor, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan
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Research Scientist and Director of Research Training in Health Policy and Economics, University of Southern California
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Research Scientist of Health Policy, University of Southern California