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“These plans are particularly important for low-income beneficiaries who are financially vulnerable, as well as rural and minority populations who are seeing fewer plan choices.”...
I recently had the privilege of representing the Latino Coalition and the Better Medicare Alliance at a Medicare Advantage briefing sponsored by the Healthcare Leadership...
The scourge of diabetes is well known to all of us in the health care community, especially among those of us who work with minority...
Secretary Burwell’s announcement of a major initiative aimed at driving health care providers in Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) to adopt value-based care models is welcome news...
Medicare Advantage is continually innovating to improve seniors’ health. Over the past 30 years, the program has driven high-quality, high-value care by incentivizing coordinated, evidenced-based...
A new issue brief released today by the Better Medicare Alliance highlighted some important results: Medicare Advantage is showing improved rates of preventive care, care...
As a Democratic staffer in the Senate during the debate and passage of the Medicare Modernization Act in 2003, I was concerned about private plans...

My wife and I are retired teachers from Michigan. For 32 years I taught mostly math and science to students in grades K-12 in the...