Bipartisan bill would streamline Medicare Advantage, which provides health care to 33 million Americans
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Kelly Morrison (MN-03) announced her cosponsorship of the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act, a bipartisan bill that would streamline the outdated prior authorization process in Medicare Advantage (MA).
33 million Americans get their healthcare through Medicare Advantage — but the broken prior authorization process has caused unnecessary delays and even incorrectly denied medical care.
Representative Morrison is a doctor who cared for patients for more than 20 years and is committed to improving access to healthcare. This bipartisan, bicameral legislation is led by U.S. Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06), Mike Kelly (PA-16), Suzan DelBene (WA-01), John Joyce, M.D. (PA-13), and Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. (KS) and Mark Warner (VA).
The Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act is endorsed by more than 500 organizations representing patients, providers, medical technology innovators, biopharmaceutical companies, and health plans.
Read full text of the bill here.
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