Coalition Letters
February 1, 2017 Letters from Iora Health on Benchmark Cap
To: House Leadership, Senate Leadership, and CMS
Summary of the Letters
In this series of letters, BMA ally Iora Health laid out their support to remove Medicare Advantage benchmark caps for plans, believing as we do that they harm quality for seniors and people with disabilities.
Preview from the Letters
On behalf of Iora Health, we are writing to support legislative or administrative action to remove the Medicare Advantage benchmark cap for 4-Star or higher plan to ensure all beneficiaries experience all the benefits of enrollment in a high quality plan. We stand with Better Medicare Alliance as an ally organization in support of the advocacy efforts to remove Medicare Advantage benchmark cap that undermines quality incentives for Medicare beneficiaries.