Issues and Action
Issues We're Working On
The Future of the Medicare Program
The national debate over the future of the Medicare program remains at the forefront of the Medicare policy scene. As the debate progresses, we here at the Medicare Rights Center will continue to monitor developments and oppose changes to Medicare that would raise costs for older adults and people with disabilities.
Some of our publications on the future of Medicare include:
Letter to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction on Proposals That Would Affect Dual Eligibles, November 2011
Mandatory Managed Care for Dual Eligibles Could Harm Patients and Stifle Innovation, November 2011
Letter to Congress on Raising the Medicare Eligibility Age, October 2011
Letter to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, October 2011
Deficit Reduction and Medicare: President Obama's Plan, September 2011
Medicare Voices: A Report by the Medicare Rights Center, September 2011
Painting a Grim Picture: Deficit-Reduction Proposals that Hurt People with Medicare, September 2011
The Debt Deal and Medicare, August 2011
HEALTH REFORM AND MEDICARE
Medicare Rights Center is closely monitoring implementation of the Affordable Care Act to ensure that health reform works for older adults and people with disabilities. Visit our health reform and Medicare page to learn more.
Additional Publications
For more information on our policy work, including fact sheets, reports, letters and comments on federal regulations, visit our publications page.
Medicare Watch
Last week, the Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office and the Center for Medicare, parts of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), released more detailed guidance to private insurance plan sponsors about the capitated financial alignment demonstration. This demonstration attempts to integrate financing and care for dually eligible individuals, or people with both Medicare and Medicaid.
Read this and more in the latest issue of Medicare Watch, our policy newsletter.