Medicare

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and John Boozman (R-Ark.) led a bipartisan group of 39 Senators in calling on Senate leaders to protect access to Medicare services by ensuring health care providers who treat Medicare patients are adequately compensated for the care they deliver.  The U.S. Centers for Medicare…

WASHINGTON, D.C. —Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) led Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), John Fetterman (D-Pa.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Debbie Stabenow…

WILLISTON, VT – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) convened health care leaders in Williston to discuss the impact of Medicare reimbursement cuts on small and independent health care providers and businesses in Vermont, many of which are already struggling to provide care to seniors…

More than 19,000 Vermonters and Nearly Nine Million Medicare Beneficiaries Nationwide Use at Least One of the 10 Prescription Drugs Selected; New Lower Prices Begin Jan. 1, 2026 BURLINGTON, VT – In an historic moment today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced millions of Medicare enrollees across…

Bill would update decades-old Medicare spending index that triggers harmful cuts to rural health care providers  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Angus King (I-Maine), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) are leading efforts to protect access to…