Pete Ricketts

I know that there are even people you can hire to help you, right.

You can't go back to the Medicare supplement plans.

Again, you talked about some of the difficulty if you have a preexisting condition, about being able to switch plans.

I don't think it was the goal that we were going to have 50 percent of people on these plans.

As the population in the United States ages it is vital that we take a closer look at the institutions and programs that we trust to take care of our older folks.

The whole point of Medicare Advantage plans was to be proactive and preventative, right, and you said that in your opening remarks.

Would it have been helpful to start having that dialog earlier?

Yes. Well, the good news is you have got five years to research it. It may take that much time.

I think there is a common thing in marketing that you have to get a message out seven times before people start remembering it.

A thousand dollars a day.

Do you think that is what most people think?

If you have seen one MA plan, you have seen one.

Is that written in the rules, though, that two-week timeframe?

Would you say then your evaluation of this, your assessment is we actually have not met that goal, that we are not being as preventative and we are not actually saving costs in this program?

You can't go back to the Medicare supplement plans.

A thousand dollars a day.

They can't do that because they may have a preexisting condition, and that may be the thing that prevents them?

Great. I also want to get back to something that both of you talked about with regard to the Medicare Advantage plans and this delay.

As the population in the United States ages it is vital that we take a closer look at the institutions and programs that we trust to take care of our older folks.

We appreciate that Senator Ricketts has cosponsored this important legislation.

The whole point of Medicare Advantage plans was to be proactive and preventative, right, and you said that in your opening remarks.

We need to reevaluate the rules on this program... that is a really bad place for our consumers to be.

Do you think that is what most people think?

I don't think it was the goal that we were going to have 50 percent of people on these plans.

We need to reevaluate the rules on this program... that is a really bad place for our consumers to be.