Retirees Polled On Health Care Summit:

50% Say Democrats and Republicans Will Make No Progress on Health Care Reform

Just 8.2% think the summit will lead to progress, and 24% think the summit should be cancelled

Burlingame, California – February 24, 2010 – An independent survey of 2270 Medicare-eligible retirees revealed that 50% believe that President Obama’s Health Care Summit will not lead to Democrats and Republicans making progress on health care reform. Another 24% think it should be cancelled altogether, and just 8.2% think it will lead to the two parties working together to make progress.

The survey was fielded on Monday, February 22 by Extend Health, Inc., which operates the largest private Medicare Exchange in the country. Extend Health has benefit advisors who have helped more than 250,000 Medicare-eligible retirees find and evaluate private Medicare plans that meet their personalized needs since the exchange was launched in 2006.

Extend Health surveys its retiree customers frequently on their views of health care, Medicare, and finances, then publishes the results.

The question and detailed results are as follows:

What do you think the impact of the televised health care summit announced by President Obama will have on health care reform?

Democrats and Republicans will make progress working together on health care reform	8.19%
Democrats and Republicans will make no progress on health care reform	50.04%
Don’t know	17.80%
I think the summit should be cancelled	23.96%

About Extend Health
Extend Health, Inc. operates the largest private Medicare exchange in the country. Launched in 2006, the Extend Health Medicare Exchange and the company’s licensed and certified benefit advisors have helped more than 250,000 Medicare-eligible retirees 2 nationwide identify and evaluate private Medicare plans that best meet their needs and budgets based on their personal medical and pharmaceutical needs. Based in Burlingame, California, Extend Health also has helped Fortune 500 companies, unions, and public sector organizations save up to 30% on health care coverage for Medicare-eligible retirees when compared to employer group plans. For more information, visit Extend Health on the web at http://www.extendhealth.com.

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