To: Board of Supervisors
From: Supervisor Steve Madrone
Agenda Section: Initiated by Board Member
Vote Requirement: Majority
SUBJECT:
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Presentation on Direct Contracting Entities (DCE’s) and Accountable Care Organizations - Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health (ACO-REACH) Programs Impacting the Medicare Program (Supervisor Steve Madrone)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Hear the presentation; and
2. Consider sending a letter opposing the privatization of Medicare.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
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DISCUSSION:
Corinne Frugoni, M.D. and Patty Harvey, Co-Directors of Health Care for All/Physicians for a National Heath Program - Humboldt will give a brief presentation on the DCE’s and ACO-REACH programs impacting Medicare and attempts to fully privatize the Medicare program.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
There is little financial impact to sending a letter of opposition. However, privatizing Medicare would impact health insurance for people who are 65 or older, certain younger people with disabilities, and people with End-Stage Renal Disease (permanent kidney failure requiring dialysis or a transplant, sometimes called RSRD).
STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK:
This action supports your Board’s Strategic Framework by providing community-appropriate levels of service.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
N/A
ALTERNATIVES TO STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
Board discretion
ATTACHMENTS:
A. Draft letter of opposition
PREVIOUS ACTION/REFERRAL:
Board Order No.: N/A
Meeting of: N/A
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