MRC Testimony 1996-2005
February 10, 2005 Testimony of Robert M. Hayes, Esq. before the US House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health on Medicare Payments to Physicians
January 26, 2005 Testimony of Robert M. Hayes, Esq. before the New York City Council’s Committee on Health: Legislation to Develop and Administer a Drug Discount Program
June 8, 2004 Testimony of Robert M. Hayes, Esq. before the US Senate Finance Committee Medicare Drug Card: Delivering Savings for Participating Beneficiaries
May 20, 2004 Testimony
of Robert M. Hayes, Esq. before the US House of Representatives Committee
on Health, Subcommittee on Energy and Commerce, Prescription Drug Prices
April 3, 2003 Testimony
of Robert M. Hayes, Esq. before the US House of Representatives Committee
on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Human Rights and Wellness, International Prescription Drug Parity
October 3, 2002 Statement
of Kim Glaun, Esq. before the US House of Representatives Committee on Ways
and Means, Subcommittee on Health
March 14, 2002 Statement
of Jennifer Weiss before the US House of Representatives Committee on Ways
and Means, Subcommittee on Health
February 5, 2002 Statement
of Jennifer Weiss before the New York City Council Committee on Aging
December 3, 2000 Statement
of Jennifer Weiss before the National Association of Insurance Commissioners
February 25, 1999 Statement
of Diane Archer, Esq. before the US House of Representatives Committee on
Commerce
February 24, 1999 Statement
of Diane Archer, Esq. before the US House of Representatives Committee on
Commerce
September 8, 1998 Statement
of Diane Archer, Esq. before the National Bipartisan Commission on the Future
of Medicare
May 1, 1997 Statement
of Fay Lin before the New York State Assembly
April 10, 1997 Statement
of Diane Archer, Esq. before the US Senate Special Committee on Aging
March 19, 1997 Statement
of Diane Archer, Esq. before the US Senate Finance Committee
September 19, 1996 Statement
of Diane Archer, Esq. before the US House of Representatives
July 30, 1996 Statement
of Diane Archer, Esq. before the US House of Representatives Subcommittee
on Health of the Committee on Ways and Means
Policy Reports from 1996-2004
Medicare’s “In the Home” Coverage Standard for Wheelchairs—An Update, March 2006 (PDF)
Forcing Isolation: Medicare’s “In the Home” Coverage Standard for Wheelchairs, March 16, 2004
Heightened Anguish: Medicare Payments for Life-Saving Drugs, December 2004
Medicare-Approved Drug Discount Cards: A Prescription for Improvement, May 24, 2004
Presidential Candidates Respond to Medicare Rights Center Questionnaire, January 16, 2004
Medicare "Compromise": Winners and Losers, November 14, 2003
Medicare Private Plan Overpayments: An Anti-Competitive Practice that Hurts Medicare, October 2003
Medicare
- A Guide for 2004 Presidential Candidates, May 2003 (PDF)
Medicare
HMOs Are Misinforming Older and Disabled Americans About Their 2002 Options,
November 2001
Medicare
Rights and Realities: Medigap Consumer Protections Need To Be Strengthened , March 2001 (PDF)
Medicare
Rights and Realities: Medigap Consumer Protections Fail, January 2000
Medicare
HMO Marketing in the Information Age, January 1999
Information
Poor in the Information Age, January 1999
Systemic
Problems with Medicare HMOs: Case Studies from the Medicare Rights Center
HMO Hotline, September 1998
Medicare
Rights and Realities: Problems with Medigap Guaranteed-Issue Laws, November
1998
Appeals
Report, October 1996
F.A.I.R. Medicare Policy Briefs
Overpayments to Private Plans in Medicare: $4.7 Billion in 2005; $83 Billion 2004-2014, May 13, 2004
Medicare Legislation: $250 Billion Plus to Private Industry, April 28, 2004
Medicare Compromise: Helps Few, Hurts The Majority, November 19, 2003
Proposal to Cap Medicare Spending Threatens to Undermine Medicare Program, November 11, 2003
Medicare Legislation: $200 Billion Plus to Private Industry, November 7, 2003
Capping Medicare Funding, October 13, 2003
Importation of Prescription Drugs from Canada, October 10, 2003
Medicare Facts and Faces
Americans with
Disabilities: Poor Coverage, Little Choice, April 2003
Easing
the Burdens of Family Caregivers, November 2002
Directions for
Medicare: Perspectives of Older and Disabled Americans, October 2002
Have People with
Medicare Lost Access to Doctors?, July 2002
Ensuring
Choice of Doctors, January 2002
Getting
Affordable Mental Health Care,
October 2001
Getting
Affordable Durable Medical Equipment,
Summer 2001
Trying
to Fill the Medicare Gaps,
Spring 2001
Making
Health Care Affordable for People with Low Incomes,
Fall 2000
Paying
for Prescription Drugs, July 2000