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Latest Press Articles
Read recent articles about Medicare Advantage health plans and their members:
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- Fact Check: Not all Medicare benefits guaranteed (August 19, 2010)
- Medicare Reform Means Some Seniors Face Benefit Cuts (August 3, 2010)
- Poll shows majority of seniors are bewildered by new healthcare reform law (July 27, 2010)
- Cuts to Medicare Advantage Expected to Set Off a Chain of Blame (June 18, 2010)
- Rating System For Medicare Advantage Plans Slated For Upgrade (June 15, 2010)
- Medicare changes worry seniors (April 3, 2010)
- Private Medicare plans face questions (March 31, 2010)
- Reform's impact on Medicare (March 31, 2010)
- Shuster shares concerns about health care legislation (March 30, 2010)
- The Health Care Reform Law and Medicare (March 27, 2010)
- AHIP: Medicare Advantage Patients Do Better (March 1, 2010)
- Premiums Jump 14 Percent on Medicare Private Plans (February 19, 2010)
- Massachusetts Docs Fret Over Health Care Reform (December 7, 2009)
- R.I. seniors face hike in Medicare Advantage premiums (November 27, 2009)
- Seniors are likely to see Medicare insurance costs rise, benefits fall (November 18, 2009)
- Report: Bill would reduce senior care; Medicare cuts approved by House may affect access to providers (November 15, 2009)
- S. Florida seniors' coverage may be cut (November 13, 2009)
- Medicare option threatened (November 9, 2009)
- Klein: Preserve Medicare HMO benefits (November 4, 2009)
- Democrats seek cuts in Medicare Advantage (September 24, 2009)
- Budget chief contradicts Obama on Medicare costs (September 23, 2009)
- Senator Tries to Allay Fears on Health Overhaul (September 23, 2009)
- How the overhaul could alter the popular but costly Medicare Advantage (September 21, 2009)
- Seniors defend Medicare plan Obama calls 'wasteful' (September 2, 2009)
- Study: Medicare Advantage plans deliver savings (September 2, 2009)
- Health care overhaul plans provoking fears, worries among older Americans already on Medicare (August 27, 2009)
- The Tug of War Over Medicare Advantage [Video] (August 18, 2009)
- Many Seniors Worry Health Reform Could Hurt Instead Of Help (August 12, 2009)
- Obama Town Hall Meeting Spotlights Medicare Role in Overhaul (August 11, 2009)
- 500,000 Meals Served By Meals On Wheels (July 8, 2009)
- Obama Outlines $313 Billion in New Health Cost Cuts (June 13,2009)
- Seniors who are SilverSneakers workout free at various gyms (June 12,2009)
- Senator Kerry sends representative to towns to listen (June 11,2009)
- Boomers Joining Gyms to Put Some Hop in Their Hips (May 26,2009)
- Elderly encouraged to fight for Medicare (May 1,2009)
- Insurers rally participants to urge funding for private Medicare plans (April 17,2009)
- Medicare Advantage Defenders Decry Proposed Cuts (April 6, 2009)
- US Senators Criticize Proposed Medicare Advantage Rate Cuts (April 3, 2009)
- Projected update for Medicare Advantage may lead to cuts (March 13, 2009)
- President Eyes Changes To Medicare-Run Plans (March 4, 2009)
- Obama Vows to Battle Powerful Lobbies on Reform Efforts (February 28, 2009)
- Cuts Await Medicare Insurers (February 26, 2009)
- CMS Announces Preliminary Estimate of 0.5% Increase in Medicare Advantage Growth Rate for 2010 (February 24, 2009)
Older press articles are listed in our news archive.
Press Releases
Read recent press releases from AHIP, our coalition and other groups committed to saving Medicare choices:
- AHIP: Seniors in Medicare Advantage Receive Higher Quality Care, New Reports Show (September 15, 2009)
- CAPG: California Physicians Say Proposed Medicare Advantage Payment Changes Would Limit Care for Seniors
(April 1, 2009) - AHIP: Low-Income and Minority Seniors Depend on Medicare Advantage (September 22, 2008)
- U.S. Senate to Vote Today on Legislation That Would Cut $96 Million From the Medicare Advantage Program in Alabama (July 9, 2008)
- Pennsylvania Seniors Speak Out Against Medicare Advantage Cuts (July 8, 2008)
- Seniors Mobilizing Against Medicare Advantage Cuts (July 1, 2008)
- Seniors Oppose Cutting Medicare Advantage to Fund Physician Payment Fix (June 19, 2008)
- GAO Confirms That Medicare Advantage Yields Savings for Seniors (February 28, 2008)
- Researchers Ken Thorpe and Adam Atherly Find Three Million Beneficiaries Would Lose Coverage If Medicare Advantage Funding Is Cut (April 25, 2007)
- Many Seniors Will Forgo Needed Medical Services if Medicare Advantage is Taken Away (March 20, 2007)
Reports
- Low-Income & Minority Beneficiaries in Medicare Advantage Plans, 2007 (September, 2009)
- 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)
