Joe Baker

• Ryan’s budget would “grind away” Medicare

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  March 12, 2013

  The Medicare Rights Center is crying foul about Rep. Paul Ryan’s House budget proposal released Tuesday morning.

• Medicare recipients can switch plans until Feb. 14

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  February 12, 2013

  Medicare beneficiaries who are unhappy with their Medicare Advantage plans have until Thursday, Feb. 14, to disenroll.

• Medicaid recipients may suffer in PPACA fallout

  By Andy Stonehouse  |  June 28, 2012

  Medicare advocates note that Medicaid recipients in some states may get the short end of the stick, as the PPACA’s drive for Medicaid expansion is now more or less optional for states who choose not to do so.

• Medicare Rights Center sides with court's decision

  By Andy Stonehouse  |  June 28, 2012

  Joe Baker, president of the Medicare Rights Center, says the reaffirmation of the ACA will help serve the needs of millions of retirees.

• Medicare announcement could hook older voters

  By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar  |  September 16, 2011

  Turning a usually routine announcement into a pointed rebuttal of its GOP critics, the Obama administration said Thursday that premiums for popular Medicare Advantage insurance plans will drop for 2012, while enrollment is expected to rise.

• Budget fight on health care cuts just beginning

  By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar  |  August 2, 2011

  When it comes to Medicare and Medicaid, the debt deal raises more questions than it answers.

• Seniors face Medicare cost barrier for cancer meds

  June 13, 2011

  Chemotherapy is now available in a pill, but if you have Medicare, you may not be able to afford it.