President’s Forum

NRLN President’s Forum – ACO REACH Is Lipstick on a Pig Based on earlier messages you may be aware that the NRLN opposed the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Center’s (CMMI) Direct Contracting Entities (DCEs) which threatened to destroy original Medicare. Under pressure from the NRLN, other Medicare advocacy groups and a few members of Congress, CMMI has announced…

Direct Contracting Threatens Medicare’s Future The NRLN announced its opposition to the CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid) Direct Contracting program’s threat to Medicare with an Action Alert on December 7, 2021. More than 8,700 letters were sent to President Biden and members of Congress to urge them to stop CMS’ dangerous action to destroy Medicare. The Action Alert is…

Although the National Retiree Legislative Network (NRLN) played a major role in founding the Delphi Salaried Retirees Association in 2009, DSRA never officially joined as a dues-paying association of the NRLN. Instead, the DSRA board had good reason to use its’ financial resources to litigate for the restoration of its pension plan. NRLN’s by-laws restrict it to fixing the inadequacy…

The Trustees for Social Security and Medicare released their 2021 reports on August 31. In recent years the reports had been released in April. Apparently, more time was needed to compile the reports to include the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the associated recession and projected outlook for the programs. Social Security Report This year the total annual cost of…

Walmart is doing what Congress and Medicare should be doing to reduce prescription drug prices. Walmart announced on June 29 that it is working directly with the manufacture, Novo Nordisk, to provide a new brand of analog insulin at a much cheaper price for patients without insurance. The drug is available in Walmart pharmacies and will be in Sam’s Club…