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Substantial Growth in Medicare Advantage and Implications for Reform

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Between 2006 and 2022, traditional Medicare enrollment declined by 3% while adjusted Medicare Advantage enrollment increased by 337%.

Abstract

Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollment increased by 22.2 million beneficiaries (337.0 percent) from 2006 through 2022, whereas traditional Medicare enrollment declined by 1.0 million (−2.9 percent) over that period. In 2022, adjusted MA penetration was 49.9 percent nationally, and 24.0 percent of Medicare beneficiaries with Parts A and B lived in a county with adjusted MA penetration equal to or exceeding 60 percent.

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The full study can be viewed at Health Affairs. A press release about the study is available here.

Trish, E., Valdez, S., Ginsburg, P. B., Randall, S., & Lieberman, S. M. (2023). Substantial Growth In Medicare Advantage And Implications For Reform: Study examines Medicare Advantage growth. Health Affairs42(2), 246-251.