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Seniors Speak Out Facebook Live EventJune 5, 2023

Thursday, June 15, 2023
2:00 p.m. ET

Guest Speakers:
Thair Phillips
Seniors Speak Out
Mark Gibbbons
President and CEO of RetireSafe

They will discuss:
– Results of latest survey
– Concerns about Medicare plans
– Impacts of recent healthcare policies

You can tune in to the event once it is live with the below link.
If you’re able to attend, mark yourself as “going” in attending.

https://fb.me/e/4iN3Z2iWx

 

Seniors Speak Out Facebook Live EventApril 20, 2023

Click here to watch the Facebook Live Event that took place on:
Tuesday, April 18

Guest Speakers:

Thair Phillips
Seniors Speak Out

Newt Gingrich
Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives

They discussed:
– Threats to medical innovation and access
– Seniors’ satisfaction with Medicare plans
– Inflation Reduction Act implementation

Seniors Speak Out Facebook Live EventFebruary 17, 2023

Click here to watch the Facebook Live Event that took place on:
Thursday, February 16

Guest Speakers:

Thair Phillips
Seniors Speak Out

Shalla Ross
President of The Ross Group, LLC

They discussed:

  • How new Congressional legislative priorities and Biden administration policies would affect seniors’ healthcare
  • Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act

Seniors Speak Out Facebook Live EventNovember 18, 2022

Click here to watch the Facebook Live Event that took place on:
Thursday, November 17
 
Guest Speakers
Thair Phillips
Seniors Speak Out

&
Debbie Witchey
Healthcare Leadership Council’s EVP

They discussed:
– 2023 Medicare Open Enrollment
– Post-Election Healthcare Check-In Survey Results

Seniors Speak Out Facebook Live EventSeptember 16, 2022

Click here to watch the Facebook Live Event that took place on:
Thursday, September 15

Guest Speakers:

Matt Monday
Morning Consult
Thair Phillips
Seniors Speak Out 

They discussed:
– 2022 Senior Satisfaction Survey Results
– Importance of protecting Medicare Part D for seniors 

National Survey: America’s Seniors Concerned at Prospect of Medicare Price Setting Policies – As Lawmakers Contemplate Unprecedented Drug Pricing Measure, Medicare Part D Beneficiaries Overwhelmingly Say They Like Program the Way It IsJuly 28, 2022

WASHINGTON – As Congress deliberates transformative changes to the pricing and accessibility of prescription drugs in Medicare Part D, the program remains extraordinarily popular among America’s seniors, according to a survey released today by Medicare Today. The nationwide survey of 1000 seniors, conducted by Morning Consult, found that 88 percent of senior enrollees are satisfied with their Part D coverage and 86 percent agree that their plan is a great value. The chair of Medicare Today said this survey should be viewed by lawmakers as a message that older Americans don’t want radical changes to a program that works well for them.

The survey results come at a time in which reliable access to a wide range of medications through the Part D program is uncertain. A proposed budget reconciliation bill would give the federal government unprecedented price-setting powers within the drug benefit program, which has operated since its inception through a structure of private sector price negotiations between drug manufacturers and Part D plans.  Seniors, in addition to having overwhelming satisfaction with their coverage, also do not support federal involvement in Medicare drug pricing, once they learn of its potential impact on access and choice of prescription medicines.

Key findings in the survey include:

  • Two-in-three Part D enrollees said prescription drug plans should negotiate prices directly with the biopharmaceutical manufacturers instead of letting government set prices and determining which drugs will be covered under Part D formularies.
  • 83 percent of seniors are concerned that federal involvement in pricing could reduce choice and options for prescription drugs for seniors and individuals with disabilities in the Medicare program.
  • 82 percent of seniors are concerned government price setting policies would limit access to newer prescription medicines.
  • 81 percent said it is important to them to have a variety of plans from which to compare and choose.

More findings from the survey can be found here.

Seniors Speak Out Facebook Live EventMay 23, 2022

Click here to watch the Facebook Live Event that took place on Wednesday, June 1st

Guest Speakers:
Pam Traxel
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
Thair Phillips
former President and CEO of RetireSafe

They discussed:
• Cancer prevention, screening and treatment
• Clinical trial diversity
• Importance of protecting cancer treatment research & development

Seniors Speak Out Facebook Live Event

Click here to watch the Facebook Live Event that took place on:
Thursday, March 24

Guest Speakers
Newt Gingrich
Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives

And
Thair Phillips
former President and CEO of RetireSafe

They discussed:
–  Drug Pricing Policy Reform
–  Results from the Seniors Speak Out Drug Access and Pricing Policy Survey