A group of Democratic senators led by Elizabeth Warren is pushing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to rein in abuses from Medicare Advantage insurers as the Trump administration considers a policy that would enroll more seniors in the program.
The senators allege that Medicare Advantage is rife with waste, fraud and abuse, and CMS should focus on shoring up the program, rather than enrolling more individuals in it. They argue CMS should do so by adopting the congressional Medicare advisers’ recommendations to rein in the program.
“CMS must do more to preserve the Medicare program’s mission of providing older adults and people with disabilities with affordable, high-quality health care,” the senators wrote in a Wednesday letter to CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, referring to the 2027 proposed payment rate for Medicare Advantage plans.
