On Thursday, October 3, President Trump issued an Executive Order on “Protecting and Improving Medicare for our Nation’s Seniors.”  While the Executive Order does not provide legislative or regulatory specifications, it raises policy areas that the President believes need to be addressed to improve the Medicare program.

The Executive Order aims to expand enrollment in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans to make them more attractive to seniors than the traditional fee-for-service program.  Within one year, the Secretary of Health and Human Services is asked to propose regulations and implement other administrative actions to provide more diverse and affordable MA options for seniors, by:

Other policy proposals raised in the Executive Order include:

ISASS will provide significant input into the regulatory process as work on these policy proposals progresses.

Read the Executive Order here.

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