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Medicare vs. Medicare Advantage: sales pitches are often from biased sources, the choices can be overwhelming and impartial help is not equally available to all

  • Written by Grace McCormack, Postdoctoral researcher of Health Policy and Economics, University of Southern California
imageIt can take a lot of effort to understand the many different Medicare choices.Halfpoint Images/Moment via Getty Images

The 67 million Americans eligible for Medicare make an important decision every October: Should they make changes in their Medicare health insurance plans for the next calendar year?

The decision is complicated. Medicare has an...

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