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Article: CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES GAG ORDER CONTRADICTS POLICY SET BY CLINTON ADMINISTRATION
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- September 28, 2009
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The Republicans on the House Ways & Means Committee issued the following news release:
Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) today exposed a letter from the Clinton Administration clearly stating that private health care plans offering Medicare benefits have the right to inform their enrollees about pending legislation. Earlier this week, however, CMS inexplicably reversed that long-standing policy by placing a gag order on Medicare Advantage plans and initiating an investigation of Humana for educating seniors about Medicare benefit cuts proposed by President Obama and Congressional Democrats.
"The more we uncover about this gag order, the more ...