7-15-2015
"Marilyn Tavenner is about to make an unprecedented move: From head of Medicare, to the nation’s top lobbyist for private insurers — in just six months.
Tavenner will succeed Karen Ignagni as the CEO of America’s Heath Insurance Plans, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. Tavenner had served as the administrator of CMS for more than three years, where she was responsible for Medicare, Medicaid, and much of Obamacare’s implementation.....
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“Asked about her priorities, Mr. Tavenner said she wanted to protect Medicare Advantage, the program under which private insurers manage care for more than 30 percent of the 55 million beneficiaries of Medicare.”
There’s a reason why private insurers care so much about Medicare Advantage: It’s arguably their hottest market right now.....
...The resurgence of Medicare Advantage is a stunning turnabout for a program that was supposed to be dead in the water, thanks to the Affordable Care Act....."
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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/16/us...-lobbyist.html