Medicare Gap Coverage Vanishes as Corporate Bottom Lines Swell
Newsweek outlines how an insurer change could leave thousands of Medicare beneficiaries without gap coverage, forcing them into higher out-of-pocket costs or—more likely—rationing their own care. This isn't an anomaly, it's the predictable outcome of a system designed to funnel public funds into private hands. The 'insurer change' isn't some unforeseen market fluctuation; it's a calculated move by
corporations to maximize profit by shedding less lucrative policyholders, a common practice in the privatization of public services. We are consistently told our nation can't afford universal healthcare, yet somehow, we always find billions for endless wars and corporate welfare. The same political establishment that champions 'fiscal responsibility' when it comes to social safety nets often votes
to protect or expand the predatory practices of insurance giants. One might wonder why Medicare is designed with 'gaps' at all, requiring supplemental insurance, allowing private companies to profit from a system that could simply be universal.