Year: 2006
Resolution Number: 46
Action Taken: No Action
Status:
Author(s): Edward M. Cohn, MD
Sponsor: Edward M. Cohn, MD
On behalf of:
Committee: A (Medical Care Delivery)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to work with and encourage federal legislators to standardize viable Medicare Part D plan choices to a dozen or less; and be it further RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to work with and encourage other stakeholders, including the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association (PhRMA), American Association of Health Plans, and MedPAC, to jointly work toward standardizing viable Medicare Part D plan choices to a dozen or less; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to work with and encourage others in organized medicine (including state and county medical societies), the public, and legislators at the state and local levels to exert efforts to bring about viable standardization of Medicare Part D plan choices to avoid confusion among beneficiaries and other stakeholders.RATIONALE: The Committee learned that Mark McClellan, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, announced in April 2006 that private health insurers sponsoring Medicare prescription drug plans will be allowed to offer no more than two plans next year. Because this change and other efforts of organized medicine are already addressing the complications of Medicare Part D, the Committee did not feel action on the resolution is necessary
RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to work with and encourage federal legislators to standardize viable Medicare Part D plan choices to a dozen or less; and be it further RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to work with and encourage other stakeholders, including the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association (PhRMA), American Association of Health Plans, and MedPAC, to jointly work toward standardizing viable Medicare Part D plan choices to a dozen or less; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to work with and encourage others in organized medicine (including state and county medical societies), the public, and legislators at the state and local levels to exert efforts to bring about viable standardization of Medicare Part D plan choices to avoid confusion among beneficiaries and other stakeholders.RATIONALE: The Committee learned that Mark McClellan, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, announced in April 2006 that private health insurers sponsoring Medicare prescription drug plans will be allowed to offer no more than two plans next year. Because this change and other efforts of organized medicine are already addressing the complications of Medicare Part D, the Committee did not feel action on the resolution is necessary
Fiscal Note: NULL
Resolution: View PDF for Plan Standardization for Medicare Part D Choices