Healthcare: Medicare Chief Says Health Law Working

Republicans say planned cuts to the Medicare Advantage program, which uses private insurance providers such as Humana Inc and UnitedHealth Group Inc to deliver services, will lead to benefit cuts.

[Medicare and Medicaid services administrator Donald Berwick] said enrollment in those programs has gone up while premiums have gone down since the law was enacted.

"In 2011, premiums are lower and enrollment is projected to be higher than ever before," he said.

For more, see Medicare Chief Says Health Law Working by Reuters, February 10, 2011 at NYTimes.com.