{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://upton.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=363464", "Upton Subcommittee Examines Health Law\u2019s Impact on Michigan Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries", "2013-12-04", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "MI", "Fred Upton", "U000031", "upton.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, took part in today\u2019s Health Subcommittee hearing that examined how the President\u2019s health care law will impact the Medicare Advantage program and what its 14 million beneficiaries should expect in the coming year.  The health care law made over $700 billion in reductions to the Medicare program \u2013 including over $300 billion in direct and indirect reductions to the Medicare Advantage program alone \u2013 in order to fund the new entitlement. These cuts will begin to be fully realized in the next year, and seniors and disabled Americans who rely on Medicare Advantage will soon suffer the consequences. In 2012, more than 436,000 people from Michigan were enrolled in Medicare Advantage. \u201cEvery day we hear from people in Michigan and across the country who are losing their current coverage and facing increased costs because of the health care law,\u201d said Upton. \u201cToday we turned our focus to the nation\u2019s seniors and disabled who could be affected by the changes in the law. The empty promises have real consequences for countless Americans who like their existing coverage and expect Washington to do no harm.\u201d\r\nToday\u2019s hearing underscored recent revelations that the President\u2019s promises that you could keep your doctor and you could keep your health care plan will not hold true. According to a report by the Kaiser Family Foundation, more than half a million beneficiaries may lose their existing Medicare Advantage plan next year, which would force these seniors and disabled Americans to switch their current plan or return to a traditional fee-for-service plan. More than 105,000 beneficiaries enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan in 2013 will not be able to enroll in a Medicare Advantage plan at all in 2014. \u201cThere has been much speculation about the impact of the ACA cuts to MA plans,\u201d stated former Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Douglas Holtz-Eakin in his prepared testimony for today\u2019s hearing. \u201cThe common threads running through analyses of the MA landscape in 2014 are (1) fewer plan choices, (2) higher costs to beneficiaries, (3) foregone benefits, and (4) tighter provider networks.\u201d\r\nThere are several types of MA plans, including Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs), Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs), Private Fee-For-Services (FFS) Plans, and Special Needs Plans (SNPs) MA plan coverage includes traditional FFS Medicare services (Part A and B benefits), and, for most plans, prescription drug coverage (Part D benefit) is included as well.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["http://upton.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=363464"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5884200111031532, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}