Northwest Citizen

For those who may have forgotten the nature of an ACO, I refer you to an article I wrote four years ago, Medicare Direct Contracting Scam Renamed ACO REACH. When an ACO takes over, it grabs the medical records of Traditional Medicare beneficiaries and monetizes them with the cooperation of the Center for Medicare Services (CMS). Once the ACO takes over managment of your care, it makes its money by increasing the difference between what it receives from the Medicare Trust Fund, and what it needs