RMAC members met with Andrea Autobee, Senior Congressional Aide to Representative DeGette in her Denver office. We reviewed the RMAC 2010 Agenda.

Catastrophic Coverage for Medicare:

We stressed that this is unfinished business that the health care reform bill did not take care of.  In fact, the bill created discrimination against Medicare recipients, because those under age 65 will have catastrophic coverage when the exchanges open in 2014.

Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate Formula:

DeGette agrees that a permanent fix to the SGR formula is needed. Andrea will find out if Representative DeGette has a specific solution in mind and inform us. If she has a proposed solution, RMAC can help spread the word to our members and in our meetings with other legislators and their staffs.