Center For Medicare Advocacy Issues New Recommendations For Real ReformsTo Help Medicare Beneficiaries And Taxpayers

Main Category: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP
Article Date: 23 Dec 2008 - 1:00 PST

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The Center for Medicare Advocacy, the nation's most experienced Medicare advocacy organization, today released a report detailing specific methods for keeping Medicare a vital, efficient and cost-effective public program.

"Medicare has served our country well for decades as a balanced, public-private partnership," says Judith Stein, executive director of the Center for Medicare Advocacy, "but there are important areas that must be addressed to preserve and enhance the program - for both beneficiaries and taxpayers."

The Center's report, Options for Real Medicare Reform, offers specific suggestions for improving the program, including:

- Providing better coverage for beneficiaries with chronic conditions;
- Restoring Medicare's fair public/private balance;
- Adding a prescription drug benefit to traditional Medicare.

"The recommendations in Options for Real Medicare Reform," says Ms. Stein, "would go a long way toward returning the focus of Medicare to the people for whom it was created, as well as toward preserving Medicare's future as an effective and economically sound program."

View the full report here.

The Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc. is a national non-profit, non-partisan organization that provides education, advocacy, and legal assistance to help elders and people with disabilities obtain Medicare and necessary health care. The Center was established in 1986. We focus on the needs of Medicare beneficiaries, people with chronic conditions, and those in need of long-term care. The organization is involved in writing, education, and advocacy activities of importance to Medicare beneficiaries nationwide. The Center's central office is in Connecticut, with offices in Washington, DC and throughout the country.

Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc.