John, we need your help.
In the final days of the Trump administration, Jared Kushner launched a scheme to test a “direct contracting model” with Medicare. Trump and Kushner’s scheme allows Wall Street-backed startups and private insurance giants to take over portions of Medicare.
This insidious attack on Medicare allows these direct contracting entities to insert themselves between doctors and patients, and use our Medicare dollars to pad their profits.
Will you sign our petition to the Senate and tell President Biden to end Donald Trump’s Medicare Privatization scheme?
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Seniors value traditional Medicare because it is simple, efficient, and universal. Right now, these changes are happening at a small scale, but the program is set to expand this year unless President Biden takes action to stop it.
Under this scheme, so-called Direct Contracting Entities (DCEs) are paid monthly by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to cover a specified portion of a patient's medical care — a significant shift from traditional Medicare's direct reimbursement of providers. And in this pilot period, Medicare patients could be enrolled into private DCEs without their knowledge or permission.
While President Biden continues to push Congress for action on lowering prescription drug prices and voting rights, this is something the Biden administration has the power to stop without needing approval from Senators Manchin or Sinema.
We need to stop the privatization of Medicare before it's too late. Sign on today to tell President Biden to end Donald Trump's Medicare Privatization Scheme today.
In solidarity,
LeftNet
