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Health-care reform and Medicare

Patient protection and affordable health care legislation was supposed to be on the reform and alleviate some of the unreasonable conditions in the U.S. health care system. Instead, the law is a flash point, with 28 states, including Colorado, said the federal government on the provision that mandates health insurance for almost everyone.

For seniors, the media coverage that includes talk radio, has cast a negative light on a bill that, in fact, improves services for Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans."Medicare offers more preventive tips at lower cost, what is good and more cost effective than taking care of the elderly when they are really sick," said Lisa Hietala, director of the Senior Insurance Assistance.

The benefits are preventive checks wellbeing year. "It encourages the doctor to examine the patient," said Hietala.

In addition, new patients receive a free "Welcome to Medicare" physical, giving the doctor an overview of the medical history of the person.

Of course, before the reform, Medicare has been changing the way business is done, said Hietala."But the Affordable Care Act is the prevention tips more affordable without the co-payment and deductibles, which I think is important," she said.

Benefits Reform Bill

A report published by the Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc. said that with the reform, Medicare savings will be approximately $ 130 billion over 10 years by reducing overpayments to private plans in Medicare Advantage.

In the past, these plans were $ 9 to 13 percent more than the traditional Medicare program to provide the same coverage. Affordable Care Act phases changes in overpayments, starting with a freeze in the payment formula.

Increasingly, payments to physicians will be linked to quality outcomes for entities that provides services to Medicare beneficiaries, a result of the reform bill.

In August, Medicare or aging-in patients of Colorado Springs Health Partners received letters urging them to sign up for Advantage Plans, that its physicians would no longer accept patients who have traditional Medicare. “Medicare Advantage plans allow your primary-care physicians the flexibility to manage your care appropriately while providing you with options and coverage not currently available through Medicare, oftentimes at lower cost,” the letter states, in part.

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