Center for Medicare Advocacy

Advancing Access to Medicare and Healthcare

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  • Count On Us

    We remain open and fully operational – although most of our staff are working remotely. Our phones, email, and online contact forms are available.

    Count On Us

  • Medicare: Build Back Better

    The Medicare program must be expanded, but in a manner that provides better coverage and cost-sharing protections for all beneficiaries.

    Medicare: Build Back Better

  • COVID-19 and Medicare

    As the nation and the world continue to struggle with COVID-19, we will continue to compile information on the virus as it relates to Medicare.

    COVID-19 and Medicare

  • Our Commitment to Justice

    Black Lives Matter. As we pass a year since the murder of George Floyd, the Center for Medicare Advocacy mourns for George Floyd and for the named and unnamed people of color who have been murdered or harmed in countless ways in our country. We mourn for our country. We protest.

    For more than thirty years, the mission of the Center has been to ensure fair access to Medicare and health care for all. FAIR. FOR ALL. We can’t separate ourselves from the greater fight for fairness, for justice – for all.

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    Our Commitment to Justice

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Help the Center's Mission Soar

In the Center’s first 35 years, we have been catalysts for increasing the well-being of Medicare and of our neighbors, near and far. As our diverse, multi-generational community grows, so does the power and potential of the Center for Medicare Advocacy’s work – as does our commitment to advance more equitable access to quality health care during the next 35 years and beyond.

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Virtual Town Hall with Sen. Richard Blumenthal

Friday November 5, 2021, 2-3 PM EDT

Sponsored by the Ossen Medicare Outreach, Education and Advocacy Project

Please join U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal to discuss health care and related issues in Connecticut. Sponsored by the Ossen family Foundation Medicare Outreach, Education and Advocacy Project. The program will include an overview of the Center for Medicare Advocacy and the Ossen Medicare Project and Community Advisory Team; Sen. Blumenthal discussing COVID Relief, Biden Administration Priorities, and Medicare Updates and Concerns; and open discussion/your questions.

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CMA Webinars

Current issues in Medicare & health care, and your questions answered live.

Next Webinar, October 20, 2021:

Medicare Enrollment Issues for 2022

See Our Full 2021-2022 Schedule - and Register Now!

Key Medicare and Related Issues for Biden Administration

In a Memorandum submitted December 18, we recommend a number of measures that the Biden Administration can take to strengthen Medicare immediately for all beneficiaries.

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National Medicare Advocates Alliance

The Center for Medicare Advocacy's National Medicare Advocates Alliance provides Medicare advocates with a collaborative network to share resources, best practices, and developments of import to Medicare beneficiaries throughout the country. The Alliance is supported by the John A. Hartford Foundation.

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Recent News

COVID-19: An Advocates Guide to Beneficiary Related Medicare Changes

The COVID-19 crisis has led to many changes in health care rules, including in the Medicare program. While a many of the changes affect health care providers, our Guide focuses on changes that relate to beneficiaries and their access to covered care.

Access the full Guide.

Issue Brief:
Retiree Auto Enrollment in Medicare Advantage Plans – Choice is Under Threat

Automatic enrollment of Medicare-eligible beneficiaries into employer or union-sponsored group MA plans is a concern; among other things, it limits care options for millions of people and erodes the Medicare statute’s protection of choice.

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Fact Sheets:
Impact of Oral Health on Major Health Conditions

Developed in collaboration with Larry Coffee, DDS, these serve to illustrate why the meaning of health care must include oral health care, and why oral health benefits should be added to Medicare.

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Issue Brief
Medicare Home Health Coverage: Reality Conflicts with the Law

Under the law, Medicare coverage is available for people with acute and/or chronic conditions, and for services to improve, or maintain, or slow decline of the individual’s condition, and such coverage is available even if the services are expected to continue over a long period of time. Unfortunately, however, people who legally qualify for Medicare coverage frequently have great difficulty obtaining and affording necessary home care.

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Report Documents Causes and Cures for COVID-19 Crisis in Long-Term Care Facilities

Geography Is Not Destiny: Protecting Nursing Home Residents from the Next Pandemic

Residents’ deaths were not “inevitable”, as some have claimed. COVID-19 exploited and exacerbated long-standing issues, such as staffing, infection control, and management problems, that existed for decades in the long-term care industry.

Read the full report.

Ensuring Medicare’s Financial Health

This Issue Brief by Center for Medicare Advocacy Visiting Scholar Marilyn Moon reviews the fiscal solvency of Medicare and the Part A Trust Fund.

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