Medicare Reform

[GailL1]

I believe there is a place where many beneficiaries will have some agreement in Medicare Reform and it is one that the Senate is currently looking into - it would involve NO cuts to benefits for beneficiaries.  

POLITICO 06/05/2025 - Medicare is a target as Senate GOP faces megabill math issues 

from the link:   Senate Republicans are currently discussing folding in language that would target overpayments to privately-run Medicare Advantage plans, which enables older Americans to buy private plans offering health coverage. It would help them recoup tens of billions of dollars, and it’s an idea that has also attracted bipartisan interest.

… . . House lawmakers briefly floated the idea of overhauling Medicare Advantage into their version of the megabill but it failed to gain traction, as a band of House moderates is deeply uncomfortable with the concept of touching Medicare — even if it is in the name of slashing “waste, fraud and abuse.”

Yes, there would definitely be pushback from the Medicare insurance industry involved in MAPD.  

more at the link above -

Now what would Medicare beneficiaries here think of this proposal to find more savings - And what might be the result of such reform to the MAPD program?