New Guide Helps Financial Advisors Plan for and Appeal Medicare IRMAA Decisions for their Clients — Learn Medicare and Earn Continuing Education Hours from the Certified Financial Planners Board® — New York, NY—The Medicare Rights Center recently developed a new downloadable guide providing free information to help people with Medicare and those who assist […]
Medicare Rights Center to Honor The Healthcare Education Project at its Annual Awards Dinner on October 16 –HEP Executive Director Kirk Adams and Co-Chairs George Gresham and Ken Raske to be Recognized– New York, NY–The Medicare Rights Center will host its Annual Awards Dinner on October 16 where it will honor […]
Medicare Rights Center Identifies Enrollment Gaps for People Transitioning to Medicare from Expansion Medicaid —New Report Highlights Opportunities to Ease Medicare Enrollment — New York, NY—Today, the Medicare Rights Center released a new report, Toward Seamless Coverage: Identifying Enrollment Gaps and Opportunities in Medicare Transitions for People with Expansion Medicaid, highlighting challenges that people with […]
Statement by Joe Baker, President of the Medicare Rights Center, on Extension of Needed Relief for Marketplace Enrollees Who Missed Medicare Enrollment New York, NY—Today the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a year-long extension, through September 30, 2018, of a critical exception for certain Marketplace enrollees who […]
Statement by Joe Baker, President of the Medicare Rights Center on the House Budget Proposal New York, NY—Today, the U.S. House of Representatives released a proposed budget resolution that would take health care away from poor and middle-class families in order to give tax breaks to millionaires, billionaires, and big […]
Medicare 2018 Fall Open Enrollment Resource for Journalists Released by the Medicare Rights Center –Deadline Extended for People Affected by Recent Hurricanes– New York, NY– Medicare Fall Open Enrollment occurs from October 15 to December 7 of every year and is the time of year when people with Medicare can make […]
Medicare Rights Center Highlights Ways to Improve Access to Medicare Savings Programs for People with Low Incomes in New York —New Brief is Informed by Client Experiences Heard on Center’s Helpline — New York, NY—Today, the Medicare Rights Center released a new brief, Medicare Snapshot: Stories from the Helpline: Improving New York […]
Statement by Joe Baker, President of the Medicare Rights Center, on Graham-Cassidy Bill Not Coming to a Vote New York, NY—Today, the U.S. Senate once again chose to reject a bill that would have caused tens of millions of people to lose health coverage and irreparably damaged the Medicaid program. […]
Statement by Joe Baker, President of the Medicare Rights Center, on U.S. Senate Finance Committee Hearing on the Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson Proposal New York, NY—Today, on behalf of the older adults and people with disabilities we serve, the Medicare Rights Center reinforced its staunch opposition to the Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson (Graham-Cassidy) bill in a […]
Deadline Looming for People Enrolled in Marketplace Plans to Enroll in Medicare without Penalty — September 30 is Last Opportunity for Marketplace Enrollees to Apply for Medicare without Coverage and Cost Consequences— New York, NY—The deadline to apply for the time-limited opportunity that allows some people who were—or are currently—enrolled […]
