Presentation by Ana Malinow, MD, followed by discussion.

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) has been running experiments on seniors on Traditional Medicare for the past 10 years, enrolling them into value-less payment schemes without their knowledge or consent.

A recent Congressional Budget Office report concluded that after 10 years of operation, CMMI schemes increased Medicare spending by $5.4 billion and is on track to continue increasing costs into its second decade.

ACO REACH is the largest “value-based” experiment out of CMMI. Learn how these and other schemes out of CMS increase costs, lower care, worsen equity, and are handing Medicare to Wall Street.

In preparation for the Primer, please read “Value Judgement” by Jess McAllen in The Baffler.

Dr. Ana Malinow is a retired pediatrician who has dedicated her career to serving immigrant, refugee, and marginalized children.  She has written extensively on U.S. health care policy.  She co-leads National Single Payer https://nationalsinglepayer.com/ which is the sponsor of this event.