Issue Brief articulating LCAO principles for Medicare physician payment reform, including proposals for a permanent sustainable growth rate (SGR) fix.
Issue Area: Health
LCAO Delivery System Issue Brief
Issue Brief on potential health delivery system reforms.
Letter Endorsing Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2013
LCAO sign-on letter to bill sponsors endorsing the “Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2013.”
Letter Endorsing Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2013
Testimony for House Ways and Means Medicare Benefit Redesign Hearing
Letter to House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Brady conveying LCAO’s statement for the record for the hearing, “Examining Traditional Medicare’s Benefit Design”
Testimony for Ways and Means Medicare benefit redesign hearing
LCAO Medicare Eligibility Age Issue Brief
LCAO Issue Brief articulating concerns with proposals to raise the eligibility age for Medicare.
LCAO Income Related Premiums Issue Brief
January 2013
LCAO Issue Brief articulating rationale for opposition to further income-relating (means testing) Medicare premiums which will negatively impact more middle-income individuals and do nothing to rein in overall health care costs.
LCAO Income Related Premiums Issue Brief
LCAO Fact Sheet re: Medicare Public Opinion Surveys
Updated February 2013
LCAO Fact Sheet regarding public opinion survey results related to proposals to cut Medicare.
LCAO Medicare Characteristics and Costs Fact Sheet
Revised May 2013
LCAO Fact Sheet detailing the characteristics of Medicare beneficiaries and the out-of-pocket costs they incur for their health care, emphasizing three key facts: (1) the vast majority of beneficiaries have low or modest incomes; (2) the Medicare benefit package is NOT overly generous; and (3) Medicare beneficiaries already pay significant out-of-pocket costs.
LCAO Medicare Home Health Copayments Issue Brief
December 2012
LCAO Issue Brief articulating rationale for opposition to copay proposals for Medicare home health services and proposals to cap payments for episodes of care that would reduce beneficiary access or otherwise restrict the number of home health visits to which beneficiaries are entitled.
LCAO Medigap Issue Brief
December 2012
LCAO Issue Brief articulating opposition to proposals that would add further cost-sharing to Medigap plans or otherwise penalize individuals who have “first-dollar coverage” through increased premiums or surcharges.