Employers' Coalition on Medicare

The Employers' Coalition on Medicare (ECOM) is a coalition of 60 businesses and associations who support comprehensive Medicare reform and a prescription drug benefit for all Medicare beneficiaries. Changes in the program are long overdue, and we have been committed to working with Congressional leaders and the Administration to get the job done this year.  See a list of our members. 

ECOM Letter to Senators Opposing Extension of ESRD (PDF - October 19, 2007)

ECOM Letter to Congress Discouraging Cuts to Medicare Advantage Program (PDF - January 11, 2007)

CMS Issues Additional Waivers and Application Instructions for Employers (PDF - by Hewitt Associates April 7, 2005)

Actuarial Guidance on Medicare Part D Hewitt (PDF - by Hewitt Associates April 7, 2005)

Webcast: Medicare Modernization Act and the Impact on Employers (ECOM's Chair, Janet Boyd of The Dow Chemical Company participated in Ernst & Young's webcast on November 10, 2004)

Analysis of the Medicare Drug Benefit's Anticipated Effect on Retirees with Employer-sponsored Drug Coverage (PDF)

Overview of the Drug Discount Card and Transitional Assistance Program (PowerPoint)

Employer-Sponsored Retiree Health Coverage and the Medicare Modernization Act (PowerPoint)

President Bush Signs the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003