{"id":24393,"date":"2025-05-19T08:42:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T12:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=24393"},"modified":"2025-05-19T08:42:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T12:42:32","slug":"trumps-doj-accuses-medicare-advantage-insurers-of-paying-kickbacks-for-primo-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=24393","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s DOJ Accuses Medicare Advantage Insurers of Paying \u2018Kickbacks\u2019 for Primo Customers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(By Julie Appleby for KFF Health News)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When people call large insurance brokerages seeking free assistance in choosing Medicare Advantage plans, they\u2019re often offered assurances such as this one from eHealth: \u201cYour benefit advisors will find plans that match your needs \u2014 no matter the carrier.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About a third of enrollees do seek help in making complex decisions about whether to enroll in original Medicare or select among private-sector alternatives, called Medicare Advantage.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/justice-department-accuses-medicare-advantage-insurers-kickbacks-top-customers\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/justice-department-accuses-medicare-advantage-insurers-kickbacks-top-customers\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health polity news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"57\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21118\" style=\"width:178px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image.png 500w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-300x34.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Julie Appleby for KFF Health News) When people call large insurance brokerages seeking free assistance in choosing Medicare Advantage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,9],"tags":[1767,62],"class_list":["post-24393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-illegal-activities","category-medicare-advantage","tag-kickbacks","tag-medicare-advantage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24393"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24394,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24393\/revisions\/24394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}