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Count On Us
We remain open and fully operational – although many on our staff are working remotely. Our phones, email, and online contact forms are available.
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Real Medicare Matters
The Medicare program must be expanded, but in a manner that provides better coverage and cost-sharing protections for ALL beneficiaries, not just those in wasteful private plans.
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COVID-19 and Medicare
As the world continues to live with COVID-19, we continue to compile information on the virus as it relates to Medicare.
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Our Commitment to Justice
Black Lives Matter. As time passes since the murder of George Floyd, the Center for Medicare Advocacy mourns for him, and for all 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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Highlights
Thank You to all who took part in the 2022 National Voices of Medicare Summit and Senator Jay Rockefeller Lecture
We are grateful to our fabulous speakers, sponsors and guests who made this our most successful Summit ever.
CMA Webinars
Current issues in Medicare & health care, and your questions answered live.
Next Webinar,June 1, 2022:
Choosing the Medicare Option That’s Right For You When You Are Living With Paralysis
See Our Full 2021-2022 Schedule - and Register Now!
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.
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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We're Hiring!
We are in search of an Advocacy & Outreach Specialist for our Connecticut office.
Jimmo Update: CMS Reminds Providers and Contractors of Medicare Coverage to Maintain or Slow Decline
Skilled nursing care and skilled therapy services for beneficiaries who need skilled care to maintain function or to prevent or slow decline is covered by Medicare.
CMA Home Health Survey: Medicare Beneficiaries Likely Misinformed and Underserved
The Center's survey over the past year indicates that home health aide services are not available in an amount even approaching the benefit as defined by Medicare law.
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.
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.
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.