America is facing a mental health crisis. One in five Americans live with a mental illness, and for Medicare beneficiaries, it is one in four.

We cannot--we will not--let that happen again.

America is facing a mental health crisis. One in five Americans live with a mental illness, and for Medicare beneficiaries, it is one in four.

Okay, so it is a way to defraud consumers, to say you have this really big list of people you could go to if you had a problem.

To help beneficiaries avoid these surprise costs, MA plans are required to publish directories which enrollees can use to find new doctors.

I tell you, nobody is jumping in with any other answer. You know, this is the part that just drives me crazy.

We must modernize our enforcement rules to match the size and complexity of banks...

CMS should increase its oversight efforts to audit health plan directories to ensure they hold MA plans accountable.

So look, what we are really saying here is that it is in the financial interest of these Medicare Advantage plans to discourage beneficiaries from accessing care.

If these Medicare Advantage plans continue to mislead beneficiaries about covered providers, at the same time that they are overcharging taxpayers for this crumby coverage, then we should be taking another look at whether or not MA plans…

Medicare Advantage plans must be required to meet network adequacy standards for outpatient mental health and substance use disorder care.