READ Dr. Rogers’ testimony by clicking here. DIRECT CONTRACTING THREATENS MEDICARE’S FUTURE In his NRLN President’s message, Bill Kadereit requested reading the transcript of testimony presented on February 2 to a Senate Subcommittee by Dr. Susan Rogers, MD, on Medicare Direct Contracting: A Threat to Seniors and to Medicare’s Future. Click here to read the transcript. Dr. Rogers began her …
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 still …
By Jake JohnsonCommon Dreams, February 25, 2022Rejecting pressure to terminate the program in its entirety, the Biden administration on Thursday announced it is redesigning a Trump-era experiment that physicians and progressive lawmakers have criticized as a scheme to fully privatize Medicare.Instead of ending what’s known as the Direct Contracting model, which the Trump administration officially launched in 2020, the Centers …
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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 …
For all Retirees: Keep this Information In a Folder for Your Family’s Future Click For Printable PDF Start with a Call to the Nokia Benefits Resource CenterRead Through the Information Below and be Sure to Follow UpNokia’s has a web site BenefitAnswersPlus* that has answers to a lot of your questions:“The death of your spouse or your covered child is a qualified …
The NRLN Report Card is useful to our members to know as much as possible on whether their U.S. Senators and Representative are a sponsor or cosponsor of bills the NRLN supports or opposes. You are encouraged to use the Report Card to urge your Representative and Senators to cosponsor bills being advocated by the NRLN and thank them when …
You can contact Congress in many waysDo it your way any time The array of “weapons” to choose from: Responding to NRLN Action Alerts Composing your own message Letter-to-the-Editor Calling the local or Washington, D.C. office Sending an e-mail with or without attachments to his office Fax a message or mail a hard copy Local office visits Town Hall /Phone …
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 ReportThis year the total annual cost of Social Security …
