Friday, September 28, 2012

The Candidates' Positions on Medicare Advantage 

I have a post at The Hill’s Congress blog explaining what the Obama administration’s cuts to Medicare Advantage will mean for seniors, and why Governor Romney’s proposal will build on the success of Medicare Advantage rather than undermine it.  

The president targeted Medicare Advantage for big cuts in the 2010 health care law to partially pay for the large entitlement spending also provided in the law. Over the next ten years, these cuts will reach $308 billion, according to the Congressional Budget Office. That these cuts will affect Medicare beneficiaries is indisputable. According to the most recent Medicare Trustees’ Report, enrollment in Medicare Advantage will peak in 2013 at 13.7 million people and then fall to 9.7 million in 2017. Four million seniors will thus get pushed out of the Medicare Advantage plan they prefer as a direct consequence of the Obamacare cuts.

You can read the rest of the post here.

posted by James C. Capretta | 12:50 pm
Tags: Medicare Advantage, 2012 election
File As: Health Care