100,000 Seniors Join Coalition for Medicare Choices in 30 days
WASHINGTON, May 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the past month alone,
more than 100,000 seniors have joined the Coalition for Medicare Choices to
urge Congress to protect the benefits they receive through Medicare
Advantage plans. With the recent surge in membership, the Coalition now
totals more than 350,000 members from across the nation.
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Created by America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) in 1999, the
Coalition for Medicare Choices is the leading national grassroots
organization for Medicare Advantage beneficiaries.
Members of the Coalition are actively reaching out to lawmakers to
share their personal stories about the value of their Medicare health plan.
Through letters, phone calls, emails and participation at town hall
meetings, seniors are sending a strong message that they want Congress to
protect their Medicare benefits.
"With the Coalition growing at a record pace, it is clear that seniors
are becoming more engaged as they learn that their benefits and choices may
be at risk," said Karen Ignagni, President and CEO of AHIP.
A recent survey found high and growing satisfaction among Medicare
health plan enrollees. Ninety percent of beneficiaries expressed
satisfaction with their Medicare Advantage coverage, an increase over the
84 percent who were satisfied in a similar 2003 survey. The poll also found
high and growing satisfaction for key aspects of Medicare Advantage
coverage, including quality of care, benefits, preventive care,
out-of-pocket costs, and prescription drug coverage.
That same survey found that 35 percent of seniors -- including 62
percent of low-income seniors -- enrolled in Medicare Advantage say they
would skip some of the health care treatments they currently receive if
their Medicare Advantage plan is taken away.
America's Health Insurance Plans -- Providing Health Benefits to More
Than
200 Million Americans
SOURCE America's Health Insurance Plans
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