The Medicare Open Enrollment period for 2023 coverage is upon us, ending on Dec. 7, 2022. We are being inundated with advertising from numerous sources about all the wonderful “perks” of the various Medicare Advantage plans, offered by private insurers. Does anyone wonder how these health insurance companies can afford to spend so much money to entice Medicare recipients to join one of these plans? Money that should be spent on patient care? These so-called “advantage” plans, and the new Medicare Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are far more advantageous to insurers than to the public. Th…