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Comments on Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition Across the United States
The Medicare Rights Center (Medicare Rights) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Request for Information Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition Across the United States (the RFI). Medicare Rights is a national, nonprofit organization that works to ensure access to affordable health care for older adults and people with disabilities through counseling and advocacy, educational programs, and public policy initiatives. Medicare Rights provides services and resources to three million people with Medicare, family caregivers, and professionals each year. The following comments are informed by our experience assisting people as they navigate the Medicare program. In particular, our recommendations draw from multiple years of analysis on the most common challenges facing callers to our national helpline.
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Medicare Reforms in the Inflation Reduction Act
Medicare Private Contracting
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