Press Releases
2008
- March 17
- Members of Congress hear testimony about consumers’ experiences with Medicare Advantage Plan
2007
- November 8
- New “Gap” Products Being Sold to Fill-in the Holes in Medicare Advantage Plans
- July 30
- CMS Regulates Private Health Plan Marketing Reluctantly and Inadequately, Congress Must Protect Americans with Medicare from Plan Marketing Abuse, Consumer Groups Report
- January 29
- Older and Disabled Americans Fall Prey to Private Insurers’ Aggressive Marketing Tactics
- January 12
- California Health Advocates Supports the “Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007” (H.R. 4)
2006
- December 15
- ABC News ‘Drops the Ball’ on Disclosing Athlete’s Ties to Insurance Industry
- October 16
- Medicare Private Drug Plans Fail to Offer Accurate Information to Consumers, New Report Finds
- August 15
- Misleading Information on Medicare Tip Sheet for Part D Coverage Gap May Confuse Beneficiaries
- May 12
- KQED Radio’s Forum discussed the new Medicare prescription drug plan and the upcoming deadline for enrollment, with guests David Lipschutz (staff attorney with California Health Advocates); Diana Gray (program manager of HICAP); Jeff Flick (regional administrator and U.S. Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services); and Representative Pete Stark (D-Calif.). Listen in a new window »
- March 23
- California Public Television Program Helps Seniors Navigate Medicare Part D
- February 6
- Private Drug Plans Impede Older and Disabled Americans' Ability to Get Prescriptions Filled
- January 17
- Action, Not Further “Guidance”, Needed to Help Vulnerable Medicare Beneficiaries Access their Drugs