Medicare Advantage (MA) plans — private insurers’ alternatives to traditional Medicare — have grown in popularity in recent years with 28 million Americans signing up. But they have one big problem that frustrates many enrollees, as well as doctors and hospitals:...
Medicare Advantage managed care plans, which in 2021 covered 26 million enrollees, will get an average 8.5 percent increase in total Medicare payments next year. At the same time, MA plans are rapidly embracing a wide range of social services and supports for older...
The Improving Medicare Coverage Act of 2021, introduced in the House of Representatives in early September, would, if enacted, lower the age of eligibility for Medicare to 60. According to the cosponsors of the bill, this would expand Medicare coverage to...