Health Populi August 21, 2019
There are over 60 million enrollees in Medicare in 2019, and fully one-third are in Medicare Advantage plans. Medicare is adding 10,000 new beneficiaries every day in the U.S. Medicare Advantage enrollment is fast-growing, shown in the first chart where over 22 million people were in MA plans in January 2019.
Better understanding this group of people will be critical to helping manage a fast-growing health care bill, and growing burden of chronic disease, for America.
To that end, HealthMine conducted a survey among 800 people enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans age 65 and over with at least one diagnosed chronic condition in April and May 2019. I worked with HealthMine to develop the questionnaire and analyze the results of...