Putting Americans In Control of Their Health Care

Title III. Improving the Quality and Efficiency of Health Care

Guaranteeing Benefits for Seniors by Ending Overpayments to Insurance Companies

The financial health of Medicare will improve and guaranteed benefits will be preserved by ending the 14% average overpayment to private insurance companies under the Medicare Advantage (MA) program.

Insurance companies will be required to offer  Medicare Advantage plans at reasonable rates so that seniors are guaranteed the best benefits at the best price for all Medicare beneficiaries. They will be rewarded if enrollee satisfaction and quality of care are high. And MA plans will also be prohibited from charging seniors more than they would pay for services delivered under the traditional Medicare program.

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