Becker's Healthcare May 22, 2024
Concern about Medicare’s future is no longer unique to current beneficiaries and older Americans.
Millennials and Gen Xers are concerned that Medicare may not be available to them in the future, and are willing to pay more now if it means preserving this critical benefit, according to a survey published May 22 by eHealth, an online private health insurance marketplace.
Editor’s note: Data is based on responses from more than 1,000 Americans ages 28 to 59, drawn from the general population. Those who indicated they were born between 1965 and 1979 are categorized as “Gen Xers,” while those born between 1980 and 1996 are categorized as “millennials.”
Seven key findings from the survey:
1. Almost all Gen Xers...