Medicare
Medicare provides millions of seniors with access to lifesaving medical treatments and prescription drugs. Unfortunately, out-of-control spending and skyrocketing health care costs threaten the future of this program. I have recently introduced legislation that fundamentally transforms Medicare, preserving it for today’s beneficiaries, while giving future generations control over their health care decisions—not insurance companies and federal government bureaucrats.

For more information on this subject, please see my Medicare Issue Paper.

Related materials

Issue Paper: Medicare

News Releases by Topic: Medicare

Statements and Speeches by Topic: Medicare

CRS Reports: Medicare Program Integrity: Activities to Protect Medicare from Payment Errors, Fraud, and Abuse  P.L. 110-275: The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008

Other Resources: A Roadmap for America's Future 2008 Annual Report to Taxpayers Medicare.gov or 1-800-MEDICARE Wisconsin Medicare Part D Stand Alone Prescription Plans Wisconsin Medicare Advantage Cost Plans and Demonstrations Medicare Enrollment Data