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Joint subcommittee opens oversight hearing on Medicare Advantage
Summary
A joint hearing of health and oversight subcommittees opened with a focus on the Medicare Advantage program, noting its popularity, supplemental benefits and concerns about prior authorization, payment delays and financial incentives.
The hearing chair opened a joint hearing of the health and oversight subcommittees to examine Medicare Advantage (MA), calling it “a very popular health insurance program option that plays a vital role in providing high quality, affordable care to millions of seniors.”
The chair said the program covers more than half of Medicare beneficiaries nationwide and cited specific enrollment figures to explain the program's reach. “Nationwide, 54% of Medicare beneficiaries choose MA plans over traditional fee-for-service Medicare plans. In Florida, 60 percent of…
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