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All managed care plans should be held accountable for their actions that lead to injury or harm to an enrollee.
Consumers should have access to an independent, nonprofit ombudsman program.
States should ensure strong and effective oversight of managed care organizations. Sufficient resources and personnel should be allocated to do this.
Congress and state legislatures should keep Medicare Supplement Insurance (Medigap, or MedSupp) affordable and available to those who need it by:
When reviewing and approving Medigap premiums, states should be particularly attentive to ensuring that rates appropriately reflect claims exposure and that premium increases are justified and reas
The federal government should provide employers with incentives to maintain retirement health benefits.
Federal, state, and local governments should fund community-based outreach, education, and promotion efforts that include targeted initiatives for at-risk and underserved beneficiaries.
Federal, state, and local governments should fund research to understand better why evidence-based Medicare-covered preventive services are underutilized in the general Medicare population, particu