Aaron Plotke
aple66.bsky.social
Aaron Plotke
@aple66.bsky.social
Associate Director of Healthcare Innovation at @FamiliesUSA | Fmr Analyst with HHS OIG 🏛| Advocating for high quality & affordable health care for all | Views my own | @UConn alum
This new EO sides with big drug corporations by undermining a key pro consumer tool to lower drug costs, ultimately depriving our nation’s seniors of the more affordable & innovative breakthrough medications they so desperately need.
April 16, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Comments are due Feb 10, 2025. Reading over now, more analysis to come! 🤓

For an example of the priorities we will likely raise up as @FamiliesUSA, check out our comments from last year’s CY2025 rate notice. familiesusa.org/resources/fa...
Families USA Submits Comments on CMS 2025
Families USA applauds much of what CMS has done so far to rein in the corporate abuses in MA, including select proposals in this rate notice — however we urge CMS to do more to hold MA plans accountab...
familiesusa.org
January 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Going into 2025, it will be critical to the millions of our nations seniors that we continue to fight for lower drug costs via strong implementation of the prescription drug provisions in the IRA, especially the Medicare Drug Negotiation program.

Let’s do this!
January 1, 2025 at 5:56 AM
December 29, 2024 at 3:30 PM
We need 1) price, quality, & ownership transparency to hold health care entities accountable, 2) safeguards that stop the worst instances of corporate greed in health care, 3) new economic incentives in how we pay for care so they ONLY make money if they actually make us healthy.
December 29, 2024 at 3:20 PM
We can no longer allow big health care corporations to game their way to financial success without providing affordable, high quality care. It has to stop.

2025 is right around the corner; we need to organize around a proactive health care agenda that puts people at the center.
December 29, 2024 at 3:20 PM