Stop scaring seniors

By Erin Lawley Posted on September 23, 2009 at 2:31 pm

The folks at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are reminding Medicare plan providers to choose their words wisely. This week, after Humana (Ticker: HUM) sent a letter to its Medicare Advantage plan customers warning that health reform could mean the loss of benefits for seniors, CMS sent a letter to all Medicare plan providers. According to a HealthSpring (Ticker: HS) spokesperson, the memo “reminds them about some of the regulations related to communicating about health care reform to members.”

We’re betting part of the letter also says something along the lines of, “Oh, and no gloating about the fact that this big debate seems to be going nowhere right now.”

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