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

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.

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.

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

That is why Senator Cortez Masto, Senator Hawley, Senator Braun, and I introduced a bipartisan bill to ensure that when executives crash their banks and threaten the banking system, those executives are forced to give up their fancy…

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.

Over the last 25 years, 99 percent of U.S. counties experienced at least one flooding event.

For too long front-line communities have been disproportionately impacted by the devastating effects of natural disasters.

The Biden administration has made important reforms to address inequities in Federal disaster management programs.

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

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