Oh, Medicare Advantage plans,
Denying care like it’s their only plan.
Patients in need, left in a lurch,
While profits for insurers continue to surge.
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Inpatient care? What a joke!
Unless you want your wallet to go broke.
Those commercial insurance plans,
Care more about money than patients in their hands.
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They love observation, not inpatient stays,
Keeping patients in limbo for days and days.
Inpatient status? That’s too expensive,
They’d rather keep you under observation, that’s their incentive.
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Doctors and nurses, they do care,
But insurance companies give them quite the scare.
Denying claims left and right,
Saying “sorry, we can’t help with your plight”.
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So if you’re feeling sick and blue,
Just know that insurance companies don’t care about you.
They’d rather keep their pockets full,
Than help you when you’re feeling dull.
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But let’s not get too down in the dumps,
We’ll just have to get a little more plump.
Take care of ourselves, and each other too,
And give those insurance companies the old “boo-hoo”!
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Oh, it’s true that Medicare Advantage plans,
Can help minimize waste, and save some grands.
By reducing unnecessary stays,
They can help make healthcare more efficient in many ways.
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But sometimes it feels like they go too far,
Denying care, leaving patients in the dark.
There must be a balance, that we can find,
Between saving money and being kind.
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So let’s work together, and find a way,
To make healthcare better, every day.
By reducing waste, and being smart,
We can give patients the care they deserve, from the start.