Health Care Reform

The Alliance for Retired Americans believes that any health care reform passed by Congress must:

• Allow Medicare to negotiate volume discounts with drug manufacturers.  The Veterans Administration does this and its prescriptions cost 30 percent less.
  
• End wasteful taxpayer subsidies to private insurance companies who run Medicare Advantage programs at a cost nearly 20 percent higher than Medicare.
  
• Provide early retirees the option to purchase Medicare coverage.  Many of the 5.1 million Americans between 55-64 who lack health insurance are victims of mass layoffs.
  
• Close the "donut hole" in Medicare Part D coverage.

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Fact Sheet - Benefits and Costs of Inaction

Fact Sheet - Health Insurance Reform Myths August 13, 2009

Fact Sheet - Health Care Reform and Seniors, August 2009

Health Insurance Reform Bill Comparison August 12, 2009

Legislative Conference Health Care Work Book

Letter to the Editor: Health Care Reform

Comments to Senate Finance Committee_Medicare Buy-in

Comments to Senate Finance_Health Care Financing Options

Issue Brief: Retirees and Health Care Reform

Issue Brief: Stop Medicare Privatization

Issue Brief: Medicare Part D