“I’ve done everything I possibly could. The intent of Congress was to make this a success for more people, and the opposite has happened,” he stated.

Insurance industry representatives maintained that managed care companies in many areas are being squeezed too tightly by federal payment caps. (more…)

companies, medicare, payments

More than a half million Medicare beneficiaries will be forced out of Medicare+Choice next year, continuing a 4-year slide that has seen the managed care program drop more than 2.2 million elderly members since 1998.

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beneficiaries, payments, services