tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2003 Issue 29

Medicare Rx: AARP Gives Reform Plan

Opposition from powerful group could alter course of reform bill. Various associations and industry groups have been crying out for Medicare reform over the years, but now that reform bills have passed no one seems to be happy with them. In July 14 letters to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) and House Speaker Denny Hastert (R-IL), AARP president William Novelli set out his group's requirements for supporting a Medicare bill. First on the list: The final product must not include the sort of head-to-head competition between fee-for-service Medicare and private plans that the House wants. Novelli's letter does...

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