Ghost Networks and Killer Plans
The Hartmann Report
Thom Hartmann
4.3 • 8 Ratings
🗓️ 24 September 2023
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
How are corporate health insurers finding ever new ways to delay and deny care and maximize their profits? Alex Lawson of Social Security Works takes a deep dive with Thom on the latest.
Plus- here comes the GOP's Two Santa Claus scam again.
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| 0:42.6 | This is the Tom Hartman program. |
| 0:47.0 | On the line with us is our old friend, Alex Lawson, he's the executive director of Social Security |
| 0:52.8 | Works, he's been a filling host for me from time to time too. |
| 0:55.9 | Socialsecurityworks.org, strengthensocialsecurity.org or the websites, his twitter handle is a |
| 1:01.0 | law 202 or SS works, and Alex, welcome back to the program. |
| 1:06.8 | Always great to be here Tom. |
| 1:08.7 | Great to have you with us. |
| 1:10.4 | So, geez, I don't know where to start. |
| 1:14.0 | We've got 25 minutes or there about so we can talk. |
| 1:18.4 | Let's start out with Medicare and what's going on with Medicare right now. |
| 1:26.8 | I had a congressman, Pocan, was on earlier and a woman called in who apparently her |
| 1:31.9 | physician slammed her into one of these ACO reach programs. |
| 1:36.9 | And she said that the company, the direct contracting entity was refusing to pay for her |
| 1:44.3 | medication. It was refusing to pay for her doctor that said she didn't need whatever it was. |
| 1:50.7 | I was like, oh, you're on Medicare Advantage and she's like, no, it's not Medicare Advantage, |
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