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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “This year we raised the premiums for we're proposing to…”

Featuring: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent | United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | National

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And we are fixing that now for the first time. And I can tell you that we're already seeing some change in the discrepancy. This year we raised the premiums for we're proposing to raise the premiums for Medicare Advantage by 2%, whereas Medicaid and Medicare are going up by 5%. Mr. Secretary, I want to propose a more radical solution of alignment of incentives. Get rid of the risk scoring. (27:44–27:57)

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Asserts that Medicare Advantage premiums are proposed to increase by 2%, compared to a 5% increase for Medicaid and Medicare.

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