Source: United States Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Tim Scott (R-SC), and a bipartisan group of their Senate colleagues in urging the administration to continue support for the Medicare Advantage program, which provides quality health care to 27 million seniors and individuals with disabilities.
“As you consider annual updates for plan year 2023, we ask you to ensure that payment or policy changes allow Medicare Advantage plans to continue to provide the patient-centered care that 43 percent of Medicare-eligible Americans rely on every day,” wrote the Senators.
“Enrollees in the program benefit from out-of-pocket cost limits and plan options that can include access to telehealth services, in-home care, nutrition services, and transportation benefits to meet seniors’ individual needs,” the Senators continued. “In fact, over 95 percent of Medicare Advantage beneficiaries have access to meal services, telehealth, transportation, dental, fitness, vision, and hearing benefits. Access to these benefits and care provided under the Medicare Advantage program have helped enrollees stay healthy and safe throughout the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.”
Senators Cramer, Cortez Masto, and Scott were joined by Senators Roger Marshall (R-KS), John Hoeven (R-ND), Jim Risch (R-ID), John Boozman (R-AR), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Mike Braun (R-IN), John Kennedy (R-LA), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Mitt Romney (R-UT), Todd Young (R-IN), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Tom Cotton (R-AR), James Lankford (R-OK), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Ben Sasse (R-NE), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Rand Paul (R-KY), Rob Portman (R-OH), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Richard Shelby (R-AL), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Richard Burr (R-NC), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Roy Blunt (R-MO), John Barrasso (R-WY), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Tina Smith (D-MN), Gary Peters (D-MI), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Diane Feinstein (D-CA), Mark Warner (D-VA), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Tom Carper (D-DE), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Rick Scott (R-FL), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Angus King (I-ME), Steve Daines (R-MT), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Bob Casey (D-PA), John Thune (R-SD), John Cornyn (R-TX), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Jon Tester (D-MT).