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The Medicare Rights Center (Medicare Rights) appreciates this opportunity to comment on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027; and Basic Health Program proposed rule. Medicare Rights is a national, nonprofit organization that works to ensure access to affordable health care […]
Medicare Rights strongly supports proposed actions to limit some gaming in Medicare Advantage payment.
The Medicare Rights Center submitted these comments in opposition to the GUARD model for raising beneficiary drug costs.
A comprehensive commentary by the Medicare Rights Center on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed rule for Contract Year 2026 (CMS–4208–P). The document outlines feedback and recommendations on changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, and related policies.
The Medicare Rights Center (Medicare Rights) appreciates this opportunity to comment on the Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). Medicare Rights is a national, nonprofit organization that works to ensure access to affordable health care for older […]
Our comments are informed by our work helping callers to our National Helpline navigate and afford their care. These experiences drive us to support efforts within this rule to bring more sustainability and rationality to Medicare payment, including by establishing greater site neutrality.
Our comments are informed by our work helping beneficiaries, including callers to our National Helpline, navigate, understand, access, and afford their care. Based on this experience, we know many people with Medicare want and need to maintain deep and trusting relationships with their providers. Finding the right provider fit, spending time with that provider, and staying with that provider over the years is a priority for many people across Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage.
The Medicare Rights Center has mixed feedback on this notice, supporting CMS’s intent to exclude some abused coding practices that drive Medicare Advantage payment methodology while opposing aspects that undercut access to care and take insufficient steps to rein in overpayment.
A comprehensive commentary by the Medicare Rights Center on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed rule for Contract Year 2026 (CMS–4208–P). The document outlines feedback and recommendations on changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, and related policies. Topics include consumer protections, health equity, benefit transparency, drug affordability, and the integration of AI in healthcare services. This submission emphasizes safeguarding beneficiary access to affordable, equitable, and transparent healthcare.
Our comments focus on the important proposals in support of formerly incarcerated individuals. We appreciate the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) working to ensure Medicare payment and enrollment rules align with the lived experiences of this population and their responsibility for their own health care costs.
