Access to insurance to support healthcare continues to be a problem in rural areas - a problem associated with a lower-paid workforce reliant upon small employers that are less likely than larger employers to offer health insurance.
NRHA Testifies on Medicare Advantage PFFS Plans(5/22/07)
NRHA Board Member Brock Slabach testified on May 22, 2007 before the powerful U.S. House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health that the growth of Medicare Advantage Private Fee-for-Service plans (PFFS) in rural America may negatively effect rural providers and Medicare beneficiaries. Mr. Slabach outlined several of the NRHA's concerns that Medicare Advantage PFFS plans harm rural seniors' access to care, including concerns that such plans often reimburse providers at rates far lower than under traditional Medicare, that the plans are often confusing, can contain gaps in coverage, and are sold with questionable marketing tactics.
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NRHA Board Member Brock Slabach testified on May 22, 2007 before the powerful U.S. House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health that the growth of Medicare Advantage Private Fee-for-Service plans (PFFS) in rural America may negatively effect rural providers and Medicare beneficiaries. Mr. Slabach outlined several of the NRHA's concerns that Medicare Advantage PFFS plans harm rural seniors' access to care, including concerns that such plans often reimburse providers at rates far lower than under traditional Medicare, that the plans are often confusing, can contain gaps in coverage, and are sold with questionable marketing tactics.