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Health Care: Medicare: Legislation

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Medicare keeps costs down through broad spreading of risks throughout the large pool of covered persons, coupled with universal participation. Other essential elements of the program include freedom of choice of doctor, accountability for high quality of care, and fair payment to health care providers to ensure broad participation. Areas for improvement in Medicare include limitations on out-of-pocket costs, a buy-in program for people aged 55 -65, and giving the program the ability to negotiate lower prescription drug prices.

Medicare: Legislation

New health reform benefits starting on January 1
Medicare drug plans hike costs into 2008
Medicare handbooks short on helpful info
CU statment on behind-the-counter medications
Seniors in Medicare drug plans may face $ shock
Medicare-run drug benefit more affordable, stable
Consumer, health groups urge Congress to not interfere with drug dosing decisions
Medicare drug plan ratings confusing
Medicare drug plans continue to hike costs
Kids health bill contains pro-consumer measures
$$ wasted on random Medicare Part D assigning
Medicare Part D method wastes millions
Medicare drug negotiation bill supports savings
Medicare Price Negotiation Should Get Senate, White House Approval
What you need to know about the Medicare Drug Benefit.
Dem report finds price negotiation would save seniors $60 billion
Are seniors, disabled in Medicare donut hole, getting raw deal?
Schwarzenegger Signs Drug Price Negotiation Law for California
Congress should take heed of California drug discount plan in Medicare
CU to Senate: Guide FDA to promptly establish pathway for approval of safe biogenerics
CU Statement on Health Savings Accounts
Oversight of the Medicare Prescription Drug Program
FDA Appropriations, FY 2007
Report shows senior hassles getting drugs they need under plan
State of the Union health plan will rely on tax breaks, not real fixes
Comments on the draft revision of the Model Guidelines
CU Congratulates Representatives for Introducing the Prevention Medicare SCAMS Act of 2005
Helping Consumers with New Medicare Drug Law
Seniors can log concerns, compliments about new Medicare Rx benefit at CU site
CU commends Senate Appropriation Subcomittee of $20m in funding
More funding needed for post-marketing drug safety
CU testimony on the medicare drug discount card program
Congress should negotiate Medicare prescription drug costs
Medicare drug discount card unlikely to provide needed relief
Ballooning Medicare costs mean Congress must negotiate prices
What you should know now that Congress has passed a new Medicare law
CU and 20 advocacy groups urge Congress to fix Medicare drug benefit
Medicare drug plan fattens pharmaceuticals’ wallets while emptying those of consumers
CU analysis shows medicare drug benefit is bad for consumers
Medicare prescription drug proposal asks consumers to pay too high a price
CU urges Americans to keep score on Medicare bill
CU calls on Medicare Conferees to correct flaws in House and Senate-passed bills
Congress should reject privatization of Medicare and enact prescription drug legislation that benefits consumers
CU statement expressing disappointment with the Medicare prescription drug bills
CU issues report on Medicare prescription drug legislation
President's framework for Medicare: Bad medicine for seniors and the disabled
President's State of the Union offers "bad medicine" for Medicare, malpractice
Senate urged to support Graham drug bill, reject Grassley bill
House drug bill a "major disappointment" that is "doomed to fail"
Key facts about H.R. 4954 House GOP Medicare Prescription Drug Bill