Healthcare DIVE September 30, 2024
The CMS said premiums, benefits and plan choices will hold steady in 2025, even as insurers have warned they could cut MA offerings in a bid to preserve profits.
Dive Brief:
- Medicare Advantage beneficiaries will pay less in premiums on average for their health plans in 2025, the CMS said on Friday.
- The average monthly premium for all MA plans will fall to $17 next year from $18.23 in 2024. Around 83% of enrollees will have the same or lower premium if they stay enrolled in the same health plan, and about 60% of beneficiaries in their current plans will have a zero-dollar premium, according to the CMS.
- Beneficiaries in the average county will have 65 plans to choose...