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Policymakers should expand disclosure requirements for all funds spent on elections or ballot initiatives.

Policymakers should protect against deceptive or misleading political fundraising practices. 

Policymakers and the private sector should ensure that reintegration programs for people released from the criminal-justice system address the employment, housing and health needs of older adults.&

Access to government benefit programs should be fair and equitable.

Medicare should work with purchasers and payers in the public and private sectors to align their respective incentive programs.

Policymakers should employ selective use of incentives for evidence-based services in Medicare to encourage beneficiaries to seek high-quality, efficient, safe, and equitable care.

Medicare should not use incentives to discriminate based on a beneficiary’s health status, lifestyle, or behaviors.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission should regularly monitor and evaluate beneficiaries’ access to quality care.

CMS should continue making public the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey data on access, health care utilization, and other relevant information.