WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led seven other senators in urging Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), to hold health insurers accountable for persistent abuses in the Medicare Advantage program that raise costs and lower quality of care for millions of seniors and people with disabilities. This comes as the Trump Administration is reportedly exploring options to automatically enroll seniors and people with disabilities into the program.
"As Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, you have withheld essential funding for seniors and people with disabilities and slashed Medic...