News
E-mail Alerts
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- Thank You! Your Voice Was Heard! (April 2, 2013)
- Less than Five Days to Stop the New Cut to Medicare Advantage (March 27, 2013)
- Send a Thank You to Lawmakers Helping Protect Seniors with Medicare Advantage (March 25, 2013)
- Thank You Congressman Barrow (March 13, 2013)
- Thank You Congressman Bilirakis (March 13, 2013)
- Thank You Congressman Camp and Upton (March 13, 2013)
- Thank You Congressman Cassidy (March 13, 2013)
- Thank You Congressman Kind (March 13, 2013)
- Thank You Congressman Matheson (March 13, 2013)
- Thank You Congressman Murphy (March 13, 2013)
- Thank You Congressman Schrader (March 13, 2013)
- Thank You Senator Rubio (March 13, 2013)
- Thank You Senator Hatch (March 13, 2013)
- What Does $50 Mean to You? (March 8, 2013)
- Time is Running Out (March 7, 2013)
- The Clock is Ticking. Act Now to Help Protect Your Medicare Advantage Plan (February 28, 2013)
- Ask Congress to Help Protect Medicare Advantage Before it’s Too Late (February 26, 2013)
- Action Alert: Help Protect Your Medicare Advantage Plan (February 21, 2013)
- Medicare Advantage Provides Higher-Quality Care, New Study Finds (December 5, 2012)
News Articles and Press Releases
Read recent articles about Medicare Advantage health plans and their members:
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- Medicare Advantage managed care plans surpass outcomes of regular Medicare (May 17, 2013)
- AHIP Statement on Final 2014 Medicare Advantage Payment Rates (April 1, 2013)
- Letter from Massachusetts Delegation Raising Concerns about Impact of CMS' Proposed Cut to Medicare Advantage (March 28, 2013)
- New York Delegation and House Democrat Letters Raising Concerns about CMS' Proposed Cut to Medicare Advantage (March 28, 2013)
- New Report Confirms CMS Can Base Medicare Advantage Payments on Likely Congressional Action (March 27, 2013)
- ICYMI: More Lawmakers Speak Out Against CMS’ New Proposed Cut to Medicare Advantage (March 26, 2013)
- More than 40,000 Seniors Have Contacted Congress to Oppose CMS’ Proposed Cut to Medicare Advantage (March 25, 2013)
- New State-by-State Data on Impact of CMS’ Proposed Cut to Medicare Advantage (March 21, 2013)
- About That 'Scalpel'... (March 20, 2013)
- Seniors Speak Out Against Medicare Advantage Cuts in AHIP’s New TV Ad (March 18, 2013)
- 95 House members protest Medicare Advantage cuts (March 15, 2013)
- Rubio presses HHS to soften Medicare Advantage cuts (March 8, 2013)
- Insurers ready to battle Medicare cuts (March 6, 2013)
- AHIP Launches TV Ad Campaign to Stop New Medicare Advantage Cuts (March 6, 2013)
- Opinion: Medicare cuts are a giant step backward (March 4, 2013)
- In Letter to CMS, Camp, Upton, Hatch Demand Answers on Cuts to Medicare Advantage Program (February 28, 2013)
- Survey: Nine out of Ten Seniors Satisfied with their Medicare Advantage Coverage (February 28, 2013)
- 100,000 Arkansas Seniors to Face Higher Costs, Reduced Benefits Due to Proposed Medicare Advantage Cuts (February 27, 2013)
- 200,000 Colorado Seniors to Face Higher Costs, Reduced Benefits Due to Proposed Medicare Advantage Cuts (February 27, 2013)
- 1.3 Million Florida Seniors to Face Higher Costs, Reduced Benefits Due to Proposed Medicare Advantage Cuts (February 27, 2013)
- 200,000 Louisiana Seniors to Face Higher Costs, Reduced Benefits Due to Proposed Medicare Advantage Cuts (February 27, 2013)
- One Million New York Seniors to Face Higher Costs, Reduced Benefits Due to Proposed Medicare Advantage Cuts (February 27, 2013)
- 300,000 North Carolina Seniors to Face Higher Costs, Reduced Benefits Due to Proposed Medicare Advantage Cuts (February 27, 2013)
- 700,000 Ohio Seniors to Face Higher Costs, Reduced Benefits Due to Proposed Medicare Advantage Cuts (February 27, 2013)
- 280,000 Oregon Seniors to Face Higher Costs, Reduced Benefits Due to Proposed Medicare Advantage Cuts (February 27, 2013)
- 900,000 Pennsylvania Seniors to Face Higher Costs, Reduced Benefits Due to Proposed Medicare Advantage Cuts (February 27, 2013)
- 300,000 Tennessee Seniors to Face Higher Costs, Reduced Benefits Due to Proposed Medicare Advantage Cuts (February 27, 2013)
- 100,000 Utah Seniors to Face Higher Costs, Reduced Benefits Due to Proposed Medicare Advantage Cuts (February 27, 2013)
- 160,000 Virginia Seniors to Face Higher Costs, Reduced Benefits Due to Proposed Medicare Advantage Cuts (February 27, 2013)
- Payment Cuts Could Affect Premiums (February 27, 2013)
- New Report: CMS’ Proposed Medicare Advantage Cuts Will Result in Higher Costs, Fewer Benefits for Seniors (February 26, 2013)
- AHIP study: Medicare Advantage cuts will drive up premiums (February 26, 2013)
- Insurers: Cuts to Medicare Advantage will hit poor, minorities (February 21, 2013)
- Proposed Medicare Advantage Payment Changes Will Hurt Seniors (February 19, 2013)
- What Will Happen to Medicare Advantage? (February 7, 2013)
- Medicare Advantage Enrollment Stays Strong (September 7, 2012)
- Reed critical of $500B in cuts to Medicare (July 10, 2012)
- Obamacare Hurts Seniors (May 10, 2012)
- Study: Special Home-Visit Program Could Promote Prevention (January 9, 2012)
- To save Medicare, Congress should build on what works (November 30, 2011)
- Fact Check: Not all Medicare benefits guaranteed (August 19, 2010)
Reports
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- Estimated Impact of 2014 Proposed Reductions to Medicare Advantage: Maps and Charts
(March 2013) - National Survey of Seniors Regarding Medicare Advantage Plans (February 2013)
- Proposed Changes to 2014 Medicare Advantage Payment Methodology and the Effect on Medicare Advantage Organizations and Beneficiaries (February 2013)
- Low-Income and Minority Beneficiaries in Medicare Advantage Plans, 2011 (February 2013)
- Low-Income & Minority Beneficiaries in Medicare Advantage Plans, 2010 (May 2012)
- Hospital Readmission Rates in Medicare Advantage Plans (February, 2012)
- How Competition Improves Quality: The Case of Medicare Advantage (January 11, 2012)
- Reductions in Hospital Days, Re-Admissions, and Potentially Avoidable Admissions Among Medicare Advantage Enrollees in California and Nevada, 2006 (September 2009)
- Working Paper: A Preliminary Comparison of Utilization Measures Among Diabetes and Heart Disease Patients in Eight Regional Medicare Advantage Plans and Medicare Fee-for-Service in the Same Service Areas (July 2009)
