Center For Medicare Advocacy Calls For Support For Traditional Medicarein Anticipation Of The State Of The Union, USA

In anticipation of the President’s State of the Union Address on Monday, Judith Stein, Center for Medicare Advocacy Executive Director, calls for an economic stimulus package that will help the nation’s seniors, disabled people and taxpayers. “To help taxpayers in the long-term, the president should redirect the $150 billion in subsidies to private health plans that undermine traditional Medicare, threaten Medicare’s financial viability, and burden taxpayers,” says Stein.

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Filed under: Medicare / Medicaid / Tricare on January 29th, 2008