Protecting Medicare Choice: Prohibiting Default Enrollment in Medicare Advantage.
This bill bans the use of public funds by the Department of Health and Human Services for any activities that would make private Medicare Advantage plans the default option for new Medicare beneficiaries. This ensures citizens retain full control over their healthcare plan selection and prevents automatic enrollment into a private insurance plan if they fail to make an active choice. The goal is to maintain the principle of active selection for all eligible individuals.
Key points
Prohibits using government funds to automatically enroll citizens into private Medicare Advantage (Part C) health plans.
Maintains the active choice principle: Medicare beneficiaries must actively decide between Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage, without default assignment.
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