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News|Videos|January 16, 2025

2025 health care agenda: Medicare Advantage abuses

Author(s)Richard Payerchin

Rep. Greg Murphy, MD (R-North Carolina), discusses reforms he hopes Congress will consider this year.

Medicare Advantage needs reform because some insurance companies are upcoding patient conditions to get more money from the federal government. That is wrong and the program needs major overhaul to eliminate those abuses, said Rep. Greg Murphy, MD (R-North Carolina).

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