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Ms. Toad

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24. Now we're back to where we started.

Reply to Skittles (Reply #23)

Tue Jul 15, 2025, 12:30 AM

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Medicare Advantage is, unfortunately, Medicare. (It is Medicare Part C.) So enrolling everyone in Medicare Advantage doesn't get rid of Medicare.

It might get rid of the option to enroll in a Medicare Supplement plan, but it doesn't get rid of Medicare - they are just all just enrolled in Medicare Parts A, B, and C, rather than Medicare Parts A, B, and a supplement plan.

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