Council for Affordable Health Insurance Director Available to Discuss Medical Reform

6/17/2003

From: Tom Gardner of the Council for Affordable Health Insurance, 703-836-6200 ext. 386 or tgardner@cahi.org

News Advisory:

WHAT: Medicare Debate: Will the current proposals in the House and Senate help the obsolete Medicare system? If not, what is really needed to guarantee the solvency and effectiveness of Medicare as the baby-boomers begin to retire?

WHO: Dr. Merrill Matthews Jr., Director of the Council for Affordable Health Insurance.

BACKGROUND: Medicare reform is grabbing national headlines, and the Council for Affordable Health Insurance (CAHI) is offering solutions to help modernize the current obsolete Medicare system. Recently, CAHI released a "How-To Manual for Modernizing Medicare" (found at http://cahionline.org/cgi-data/news/files/20.shtml), which gives an in-depth look into CAHI's proposed changes.

CAHI has also worked with the United Seniors Association (USA) to create a Seniors Issues and Answers piece, which outlines the current problems with the Medicare program.

CAHI Director Dr. Merrill Matthews Jr. will be available to discuss and answer any questions related to Medicare. If you would like to schedule an interview, want more information or would like these publications, please contact Tom Gardner, CAHI Director of Communications at 703-836-6200 ext. 386.

The Council for Affordable Health Insurance is a research and advocacy association of insurance carriers active in the individual, small group, MSA and senior markets. Since 1992, the Council for Affordable Health Insurance has been an active advocate for market-oriented solutions to the problems in America's health care system.