The Trump Administration has been busy devising a new threat to your Traditional Medicare benefits.  On January1, 2026 they are introducing a new control on Traditional Medicare in a six state demonstration program, which includes Washington State.  This program, called WISeR, is an attempt to control your medicare benefits by requiring prior authorization before you and your doctor can make certain medical decisions.  

 

The administration is outsourcing these decisions to private companies whose compensation will be based on how much cost savings they can generate by limiting or eliminating patient procedures.

 

PSARA opposes this demonstration and we are in good company.  On this page you can access Senator Patty Murray’s video outlining her opposition, WA State Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer’s critique and concerns with the program, as well as the American Medical Associations letter in opposition to the program.

 

This is an ongoing effort by the Trump administration to end traditional medicare. In favor of outsourcing Medicare to private equity companies, despite the ongoing issues of private equities investments in the medical industry and Medicare advantage in particular.

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Our brief slide presentation below will provide you with more background on WISeR and what you can do to prevent it.

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