Fact
Sheet - Health Care
Working to Ensure Seniors Can
Afford the Prescription Drugs They Need
Feingold opposed the flawed Medicare Part
D prescription drug program and is committed to fixing it
to better serve seniors and other Medicare beneficiaries.
Feingold cosponsored S. 1841, the Medicare Informed Choice
Act, which allows beneficiaries extra time to navigate the
new and often confusing Medicare system by extending the deadline
for enrollment through the end of 2006, and reduces the stiff
penalties seniors face for switching drug plans or late enrollment.
Feingold has also sponsored S.239 to permit Medicare to negotiate
lower prices with drug companies, and S.334 to allow the reimportation
of cheaper FDA-approved medicines.
Helping Small Businesses Afford
the Costs of Health Care
Senator Feingold opposes S.1955, a bill
that would harm states’ ability to regulate insurance
and further splinter the health insurance market. Feingold
has sponsored bipartisan legislation with Senator Susan Collins
(R-ME) called the Health Care Purchasing Cooperatives Act
that would help small businesses buy cheaper insurance. The
Feingold/Collins bill would give grants to businesses that
want to form health care purchasing cooperatives without preempting
the authority of states to regulate health insurance.
Making Sure Health Care is
a Priority for Congress
Feingold is working to make Congress address
the need for fundamental health care reform. He has sponsored
bipartisan legislation with Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
to force Congress to consider health care reform legislation.
Any reform Congress considered under this bill would have
to provide health coverage for at least 95 percent of Americans
in ten years, without increasing the national deficit. The
Feingold-Graham bill requires quick action by Congress on
fundamental health care reform without dictating which type
of reform should be enacted.
Moving Toward Universal Health
Care
The current health care system is broken.
Almost 47 million Americans are uninsured – including
almost 9 million children – and countless others are underinsured.
Feingold supports a state-based, American-style approach to
health care reform, where each state, with the federal government's
help and approval, ensures that all of its residents have
health care coverage.
Improving Health Care for Americans
Senator Feingold has long worked to improve
health care services and access in the United States. He has
led efforts to make home health care, dental care, HIV/AIDS
treatments, and Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) more
accessible to all Americans. He has also worked hard to address
health care provider shortages, including those for nurses
and other skilled workers.
Keeping
Medicare Strong for Wisconsin Seniors
Making
Prescription Drugs More Affordable for Seniors
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Access to
Home Health Care
Long-Term
Care Reform
Supporting
the Older Americans Act
Protecting
the Right of Patients
Improving
Access to Dental Care
Supporting
Biomedical Research
Increasing
Availability of Defibrillators
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