Medicare Direct Contracting Threatens Seniors and Medicare’s Future
https://pnhp.org/system/assets/uploads/2022/02/SusanRogersWrittenTestimony_SenateFinanceCommitteeFeb2022.pdf?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=eabbed9f-2f13-406b-88f6-5dfd50209aab Medicare Direct Contracting: A Threat to Seniors and to Medicare’s Future Testimony before the: Senate Finance Committee Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth Dr. Susan Rogers President Physicians for a National Health Program February 2, 2022 ...
REACH Program “Reaches” to Privatize Traditional Medicare
Traditional Medicare is our nation’s most efficient and popular health care program with a cost for administration and overhead of less than 5%. A failed effort to privatize it, the Direct Contracting (DC) program, introduced by the Center for...
Letter to Editor – Medford Mail Tribune – April, 2022 – REACH Program
Editor, MailTribune Stop the REACH Effort to Destroy Traditional Medicare Traditional Medicare is our nation’s most efficient healthcare program with administrative costs under 5%. An effort to privatize it – named Direct Contracting Entities (DCE) – introduced by Center...
Letter to Editor – April, 2022, Grants Pass Courier re: REACH
Editor, Grants Pass Courier: Traditional Medicare is our nation’s most efficient and popular health care program with a cost for administration and overhead of less than 5%. Efforts are underway to change this. The Direct Contracting Entities (DCE) program, introduced by...
Biden Continues Trump’s Ploy to Completely Privatize Medicare
A Trump-era pilot program that could result in the complete privatization of traditional Medicare in a matter of years is moving ahead under the Biden administration, a development that — despite its potentially massive implications for patients across the U.S. —...
LABOR: Kick the Boss Out of the Doctor’s Office !!
https://portside.org/2020-05-17/kick-boss-out-doctors-office Moving to a single-payer system could enable more unions to win excellent healthcare through group practice clinics for their members—an essential next step after winning universal access to care. Is the ability to negotiate healthcare benefits with employers...
Medicare Advantage’s Cost to Taxpayers has recently SOARED
November 11, 2021 FRED SCHULTE Medicare Advantage health plans have enrolled nearly 27 million members, or about 45% of people eligible for Medicare. A recent analysis finds Medicare overpaid the private health plans by more than $106 billion from...
Don’t Get Tricked – Rein in Medicare Advantage
Mailbag: No DCEs! Rein in Medicare Advantage October 2021 One evening a year, Halloween-costumed children come to your door disguised as scary or cute avatars hoping you will give them a small treat. About 90 days a year, Medicare...
RON WYDEN THROWS WRENCH IN MEDICARE EXPANSION PLANS
From: Betsy Zucker Sent: Friday, July 16, 2021 10:31 AM Subject: Article on Wyden & plans for improvement in Medicare Keep the pressure on for drug price negotiation & Medicare expansion! https://theintercept.com/2021/07/16/ron-wyden-medicare/ From this article: “Meanwhile, a report this...
Healthcare Now podcast: Medicare drug price negotiations
Some of you will be interested in this recent video podcast about Medicare drug price negotiations and other proposed improvements to healthcare in the “budget reconciliation bill” now before Congress: https://www.facebook.com/HealthcareNow/videos/523698365539221/ In solidarity, Debby This 30 minute video is now also...