Medicare
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Sens. Brown and Murray Introduce Bill to Ensure Doctors Can Continue Treating Medicaid Patients
Bill Would Extend Health Law Provision Set to Expire this Year that Ensures Doctors Treating Medicaid Patients Receive Reimbursements Not Less than Those Treating Medicare Patients With a provision set to expire this year that ensures doctors can continue to treat the 62 million Am...…Read More
Posted on 7/30/2014 | -
Sens. Brown, Blumenthal, and Rep. Delauro Introduce Legislation to Protect Seniors by Preventing Them From Losing Their Doctors
Today, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), along with U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), introduced the Medicare Advantage Participant Bill of Rights Act. The legislation was inspired by stories the lawmakers heard from their constituents, as well as people across...…Read More
Posted on 6/26/2014 | -
Sen. Brown Helps Pass Bipartisan Bill In The Senate That Would Ensure Doctors Can Continue Treating Medicare Seniors, Working Families
Today, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) helped pass a bipartisan bill in the Senate that includes numerous provisions to ensure the affordability of Medicare and protect the health of millions of Ohioans. The Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, which passed the House earlier this month, ...…Read More
Posted on 3/31/2014 | -
Sen. Brown Introduces Legislation To Give Medicare Beneficiaries Direct Access To Hearing Loss Care, Save Seniors And Government Money
Today, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) introduced the Direct Access to Audiology Services Act, legislation that would cut through burdensome red tape and prevent unnecessary costs and delays that many Medicare beneficiaries incur before they can receive hearing loss care. Most Medicare patien...…Read More
Posted on 2/27/2014 | -
Sen. Brown Announces Plan That Would End Arbitrary Medicare Policy Causing Seniors To Be Unknowingly Hit With Large, Unfair Costs After Receiving Necessary Medical Care
CINCINNATI, OH - Today, at Maple Knoll Village in Cincinnati, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced a plan that would end an arbitrary Medicare policy causing seniors to be unknowingly hit with large, unfair costs after receiving necessary post-acute medical care. Under current Medicare policy, a beneficia...…Read More
Posted on 2/19/2014 | -
Sen. Brown Announces Plan That Would End Arbitrary Medicare Policy Causing Seniors To Be Unknowingly Hit With Large, Unfair Costs After Receiving Necessary Medical Care
DAYTON, OH - Today, at Graceworks Lutheran Center in Centerville, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced a plan that would end an arbitrary Medicare policy causing seniors to be unknowingly hit with large, unfair costs after receiving necessary post-acute medical care. Under current Medicare policy, a benef...…Read More
Posted on 2/18/2014 | -
Sen. Brown Announces Plan That Would End Arbitrary Medicare Policy Causing Seniors To Be Unknowingly Hit With Large, Unfair Costs After Receiving Necessary Medical Care
Youngstown, OH - Today, at the St. Elizabeth Health Center, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced a plan that would end an arbitrary Medicare policy causing seniors to be unknowingly hit with large, unfair costs after receiving necessary post-acute medical care. Under current Medicare policy, a beneficiary...…Read More
Posted on 2/7/2014 |