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05/31/2024

States ranked by percentage of Medicare enrollees with supplement plans

"Find out which states have the highest and lowest percentage of Medicare enrollees with supplemental benefits, according to a recent AHIP report."

03/07/2024

About half of Medicare Advantage members left their plans by the end of five years, according to a study published in 2023.

02/27/2024

Medicare Advantage plans may look less enticing to their 31 million beneficiaries next year.

02/15/2024

As the private plans’ share of the Medicare patient pie has ballooned to 30.8 million people, so too have concerns about the insurers’ aggressive sales tactics and misleading coverage claims.

01/26/2024

If your Advantage Plan is not a good fit for 2021, a window of opportunity to switch or ditch it runs through the end of March.

02/28/2023

Before the 2022 elections, Republicans pointed to Medicare "cuts" that weren't real. There's a reason the public is confronting similar messages now.

02/28/2023

New preventive services are available to you in 2023! Talk with your doctor at your next visit about which vaccinations can help keep you safe. Medicare now covers vaccines for shingles, tetanus-diphtheria-whooping cough, and more, at no cost for you. https://go.medicare.gov/3lAGVrx

02/01/2023

Right now, well-funded lobbyists from big health insurance companies are leading a campaign on Capitol Hill to get Members of Congress and Senators of both parties to sign on to a letter designed to put them on the record “expressing strong support” for the scam that is Medicare Advantage.

01/26/2023

Republicans have indicated that they're willing to hold off on raising the debt ceiling in order to secure cuts to Medicare and Social Security.

12/30/2022

With one in two seniors now enrolled in the privatized health plan alternative to traditional Medicare known as “Medicare Advantage,” look for growth to escalate in 2023 and beyond.