I cannot find a PCP taking new Medicare patients unless they have Advantage plans.

[AnnaLee]

13. It is becoming a widespread problem

My doctor's private clinic was purchased by Optum. When I look at the available doctors, many of them are listed as taking only Medicare Advantage patients. My doctor then retired so I had to look for another.

My insurance company has been trying to push Medicare people using their supplement policies into United Healthcare Advantage plans. They deny (with the newly formed call center) that they are practically using trickery to get people to switch. The trickery is an embed of the advantage plan into the supplement plan. That embedded ad?, if mouse clicked, takes the reader to a sign up of the advantage plan. I requested they unembed the advantage from the regular plan handbook, but they have not. Many others on my plan were complaining about this also.

I will lose my eligibility for CHAMPVA if I sign up for any advantage plan. That eligibility, so far untapped, is a valuable asset should I need it.