Medicare Remains on Solid Footing —Trustees’ Report Improved Short-Term Outlook, Highlights Importance of Recent Reforms— New York, NY—The 2017 Medicare Trustees’ Report brings welcome news, reinforcing that Medicare remains a bright spot in our nation’s health care system. The Trustees find that the Medicare Hospital Insurance (Part A) Trust Fund […]

Statement by Joe Baker, President of the Medicare Rights Center, on the Revised Better Care Reconciliation Act  New York, NY—Today’s release of the updated Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) confirms what we already knew: this broken bill can’t be fixed. This tweaked BCRA still ends Medicaid as we know it, […]

Statement on the Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate of the Better Care Reconciliation Act by Joe Baker, president of the Medicare Rights Center   New York, NY— Today’s Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report makes it clear: a handful of Senators working in secret back rooms cannot write a bill that works […]

Statement by Joe Baker, President of the Medicare Rights Center, on the Senate Republican Health Care Overhaul Proposal New York, NY—We knew the House-passed American Health Care Act (AHCA) couldn’t be fixed, and the proposal released today confirms it. Thirteen Senators met behind closed doors to craft a partisan health […]

Statement on Reported Senate Health Care Plans, by Joe Baker, President of the Medicare Rights Center   New York, NY—According to repeated reports, the Senate expects to vote in a mere few weeks on a plan that could fundamentally upend access to affordable health coverage for millions of Americans and especially […]

Statement on the New Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate of the American Health Care Act by Joe Baker, president of the Medicare Rights Center   New York, NY—The numbers are different, but the story’s unchanged. The updated Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimate continues to show that the AHCA will cause millions […]

Statement on President Trump’s FY2018 Budget by Joe Baker, president of the Medicare Rights Center  New York, NY—There’s no mistaking it, the FY2018 budget request released today by President Trump cuts essential services for people with Medicare, their families, and caregivers. The President’s proposal slashes Medicaid by $610 billion, on […]

More Than 75 National Organizations Urge U.S. Senate to Defend Medicare and Medicaid —Advocates Oppose Key Provisions in the American Health Care Act— Washington, DC—More than 75 national organizations sent a letter to Senate leadership today, urging them to reject the American Health Care Act (AHCA) and to engage in […]

Organizations Join Together to Provide Recommendations to CMS on the “Welcome to Medicare” Package  Washington, DC– The Medicare Rights Center and over 30 other national and state organizations, including the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and the National Association of Health Underwriters, submitted comments on the Centers for Medicare & […]

Statement on the Passage of the American Health Care Act, by Joe Baker, President of the Medicare Rights Center   New York, NY—The American Health Care Act (AHCA) undercuts our core mission and violates our driving principles—to ensure older adults and people with disabilities are assured access to affordable, high-quality health […]