Beneficiary Beware: Inadequate Review Of Medicare Managed Care Plans Results In Incomplete Information For Consumers

Hearing on two GAO reports: the HCFA's review process for approving managed care plan materials; & a report looking at & critiquing the Medicare appeals process. Witnesses: Sen. Charles Grassley, John Breaux, Evan Bayh, Blanche Lincoln, Jack Reed, Susan Collins, & Larry Craig; William Stringer, Beavercreek, OH; Lois Watts, Leisure World, Orange County, CA; Julie Schoen, Legal Counsel, Health Insurance Advocacy Program of Orange County, CA; Chris Mulholland, Marietta, GA; Carol Cronin, Dir., Center for Beneficiary Services, HCFA; & William Scanlon, Dir., Health Financing & Public Health Issues, GAO.Charles E. Grassley is the author of 'Beneficiary Beware: Inadequate Review Of Medicare Managed Care Plans Results In Incomplete Information For Consumers' with ISBN 9780756701505 and ISBN 0756701503.