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Heafield, 74, who deliberately rejected Medicare Advantage out of concerns about its significant downsides, opting instead for traditional Medicare and a supplement plan, suspected something was very wrong. If not flatly illegal, he said, it was morally wrong to solicit MA enrollment through his health portal.
"I felt they were using the trusted platform of my healthcare provider without, I suspect, the consent or knowledge of my provider," the Asheville retiree told MedPage Today. After asking some of his doctors in the Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHECopens in a new tab or window) network whether they knew or approved of this solicitation, his suspicions were confirmed. They knew nothing about it, they told him, and were dismayed by the practice.
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Heafield, 74, who deliberately rejected Medicare Advantage out of concerns about its significant downsides, opting instead for traditional Medicare and a supplement plan, suspected something was very wrong. If not flatly illegal, he said, it was morally wrong to solicit MA enrollment through his health portal.
"I felt they were using the trusted platform of my healthcare provider without, I suspect, the consent or knowledge of my provider," the Asheville retiree told MedPage Today. After asking some of his doctors in the Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHECopens in a new tab or window) network whether they knew or approved of this solicitation, his suspicions were confirmed. They knew nothing about it, they told him, and were dismayed by the practice.
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