Fighting to Preserve Medicare

The Affordable Care Act provides a 50% discount for prescription drugs for Medicare beneficiaries who enter the Medicare Part D “donut hole” and lose coverage for their drug expenses. In our District, 6,000 seniors have saved $3.1 million in drug costs, an average savings of $520 per person.
 
The Affordable Care Act also provides all Medicare beneficiaries with access to preventive care and services without any co-pay, coinsurance, or deductible. Available services include annual wellness visits, mammograms, cervical cancer screenings, and colorectal and prostate cancer screenings, all of which are provided with no out-of-pocket cost to seniors. In our District, 45,000 seniors have benefited from these free preventive services.

Additional Resources on Medicare and Medicaid:  Learn more about the impact of House Republicans’ budget plan on Medicare recipients in our community.

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: http://www.cms.gov/home/medicare.asp
The Official US Government Site for Medicare: http://www.medicare.gov