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Increasing Regulatory Fairness Act of 2015

Floor Speech

Date: June 17, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Senior Citizens Entitlements and the Safety Net Health Insurance

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Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, one of the things I always strive
for in my personal and professional life is always trying to do things
better. As I tell my staff, there is no such thing as standing still.
If you are not moving forward, then you are moving backward. We can all
continue to get better at what we do.

That is the goal of H.R. 2507, the Increasing Regulatory Fairness Act
of 2015. As part of an annual rulemaking process, the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services update payments to the Medicare
Advantage program. With the current structure of this annual process,
health insurers are given little time to submit comments to the new
payment rates or even determine whether the payment adjustment is
beneficial to Medicare Advantage enrollees.

With H.R. 2507, health insurers will have additional time to analyze
whether the payment adjustments for Medicare Advantage plans are
justified and overall beneficial. I believe we must always try to get
better every day. This includes our work as civil servants. H.R. 2507
will provide a better environment for CMS and health insurers to create
the best payment rate agreement regarding Medicare Advantage plans. By
providing more time for comments and the finalizing of rates, Medicare
Advantage enrollees will receive a better calculated benefit for their
plans.

I urge my colleagues to support this bill.

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