More than 50,000 Texas Seniors Will Lose Their Current Health Care Plan

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Senator Cornyn Releases CMS Numbers Showing Obamacare's Impact on Texas
Oct 08 2010

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) today released new data from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) showing the impact of Washington's policies on Texas seniors' Medicare plans.

"When campaigning on change and pitching his massive government health care takeover, President Obama promised all Americans "if you like it, you can keep it.' According to new government data, approximately 53,238 Texas seniors will be dropped from their current Medicare plan in 2011. I'm sure for the Americans losing the health care plan they like, this is not the "change' they had in mind."

Under President Obama's new health care law and other recent changes to the Medicare Advantage and prescription drug plan programs, 53,238 seniors in Texas will be forced out of their chosen Medicare plans in 2011. While most of these seniors will be able to change to another Medicare Advantage or Part D plan, it won't be the same one they currently enjoy. This is primarily due to the private fee-for-service (PFFS) changes in 2008 and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. This is just the beginning of the Medicare changes as the Obama Administration's chief Medicare actuary estimates that the billions of dollars in cuts from the new health care law and previous reforms will reduce projected enrollment in the Medicare Advantage program by 7.4 million seniors between now and 2017.

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