Times Eyes Private Medicare FFS Plans

A large newspaper has printed a front-page article that takes a highly critical look at a closely watched public-private health finance partnership.

Robert Pear writes today in the New York Times about insurers and producers in the private Medicare fee-for-service market that use what critics say is an overly aggressive approach to selling the plans.

The Medicare program now offers the private FFS option along with a managed care plan option, a combination of traditional Medicare with Medicare supplement insurance, and use of traditional Medicare coverage without additional coverage.