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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Social Security Administration, and other federal agencies with jurisdiction over programs for older adults with low incomes should fund state
Federal and state governments should actively enforce the protections against the balance billing of Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries by providers.
Waiving certain provisions of the Medicare and Medicaid statutes is appropriate and even desirable under some circumstances.
The federal government must ensure that the entitlement nature of Medicaid applies to expansion populations.
Federal and state governments must comply with the transparency requirements established by the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
The federal government should not allow states to impose or enforce greater than nominal Medicaid premium- and cost-sharing on Medicaid beneficiaries.