The Council for Medicare Choice (“CMC”) is a 501(c)(4) advocacy organization that works to ensure health insurance options for Medicare beneficiaries and to promote affordable access to the U.S. healthcare system.
Every year, millions of Americans purchase health plans, including Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug plans. CMC is working to ensure these Americans continue to have the ability to choose the health plans that best meet their needs.
CMC is supported by many of the largest unaffiliated insurance agency, brokerage, and field-marketing organizations (FMOs), including:
The Medicare Advantage (MA) program enjoys strong bipartisan support for the high-quality care it provides to over 30 million seniors and individuals with chronic conditions. Satisfaction rates among beneficiaries have been found to be as high as 94 percent. Wide participation and high satisfaction rates demonstrate that the program works well.
In 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) finalized a rule that has resulted in unnecessary confusion and unknown consequences for the Medicare Advantage program. Based on limited data and speculative claims, the CMS’s rule creates uncertainty around the Medicare Advantage enrollment process just months before the annual enrollment period and likely threatens the choices seniors have today.
CMC believes seniors deserve well-informed policy decisions that promote choice, affordability and clarity for their healthcare options, and we are working to restore certainty for Medicare Advantage participants and to protect beneficiaries.
Please see attached a comment letter submitted on behalf of Council for Medicare Choice. This comment has been submitted on behalf of the Council by Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
Even the most well-intentioned government actions risk backfiring when undertaken without due care and deliberation. Incremental, focused change helps ensure outcomes that align with the best interests of citizens. As former state governors, one a Democrat and one a Republican, we understand that principle, one we worked to make a hallmark of our administrations in Kentucky and Louisiana.
Medicare Advantage program managers have completed final regulations that could lead to an overhaul of pay for agents, brokers and field marketing organizations starting with the annual enrollment period for 2025 coverage.
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