Sebelius: Health Reform Law Is Strengthening Medicare
"Over the past few weeks, much of the Medicare debate has focused on the long-term consequences of the House Republican plan (H Con Res 34) to end Medicare as we know it, and turn future beneficiaries over to [a] private insurance company voucher program," HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius writes in a Politico opinion piece. "[A]nother consequence of the GOP budget is that Medicare beneficiaries would lose important new benefits they're now getting under the Affordable Care Act," including discounts "on brand-name medications for those in the Medicare prescription drug 'donut hole'" and reduced costs for preventive screenings, Sebelius adds.
- "Improving the Medicare We Already Have" (Sebelius, Politico, 5/25).