LCAO approved a Chairs letter to Congress urging members to repeal and replace the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula, and to enact a permanent solution for critical health care extenders during the current lame duck session of Congress.
Issue Area: Health
Medicaid Per Capita Caps Issue Brief
An updated issue brief outlining how a per capita cap, as some suggest in Congress, would spell danger for our country’s most vulnerable citizens.
Medicare Part D “Lock-in” Proposal Issue Brief
An LCAO Issue Brief on the Medicare Part D “Lock-In” Proposal Issue Brief to provide guidance on what beneficiary protections are important in any related future legislative proposal.
Letter on Medicare Protection Act (S. 2491)
The advocacy letter to all Senate members expresses the Council’s strong support for the Medicare Protection Act (S. 2491).
Medicare Therapy Cap Exceptions Process Should be Made Permanent Issue Brief
An updated issue brief from LCAO strongly urging Congress to include a permanent fix to the therapy cap exceptions process.
Reforming Medigap Plans By Shifting Costs Onto Beneficiaries Issue Brief
An updated health issue brief “Reforming Medigap Plans By Shifting Costs Onto Beneficiaries: A Flawed Approach to Medicare Savings”.
Building On What Works: Restoring Medicare Drug Rebates Issue Brief
An update to a previous issue brief on Medicare Drug Rebates.
Chair Letter to CMS on Medicare Part C and D
Chair Letter to CMS on Medicare Part C and D – Comments by LCAO Chair Richard Fiesta on Contract Year 2015 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs
Altering Extra Help Co-payments Issue Brief
The Leadership Council of Aging Organizations (LCAO) does not support increasing the Extra Help co-payment for brand name medications. Depending on the proposed increase in co-payments, the cost of medications could more than triple for some Extra Help beneficiaries, making needed prescriptions unaffordable.