Reps. Dave Camp (R-Pa.) and Jim Renacci (R-Ohio) called on the Obama administration to work with congressional leadership to preserve care and benefits for seniors amid the announcement on Friday that $300 billion would be cut from Medicare Advantage.
“Americans across the country are feeling the pain of Obamacare, and (on Friday) the administration confirmed that seniors will be the next victims of this law,” Camp, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, said. “Despite this administration’s continued attempts to mask over $300 billion in cuts, the hard truth is now apparent – millions of seniors who rely on the Medicare Advantage program will lose the plans, benefits, doctors and financial protection they currently have.”
Medicare Advantage combines public and private aspects of health insurance to allow enrollees more control over their healthcare with a focus on preventative care.
Camp said the president’s healthcare law has failed millions of Americans and called for the administration to work with Congress to find solutions.
Renacci said the Medicare Advantage cuts would impact more than 50,000 seniors.
“The president’s healthcare law has already increased costs, threatened the quality of care and services beneficiaries receive, and prevented many from seeing the doctors they have come to know and trust…,” Renacci said.
Renacci echoed Camp’s call for the administration to work with Congress to find patient-centered reforms.