Health Payer Intelligence August 12, 2019
A Kaiser study finds that policymakers may face the same problems in single payer systems that they face in Medicare Advantage.
Medicare Advantage’s annual gross margins are about twice as high as individual or group plans, according to a recent Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) study.
The findings could shed light on the challenges single-payer proposals may face, if implemented.
“Medicare-for-All proposals have sparked discussion about the role of private health insurance in the U.S. health care system….As context for these discussions, this brief examines and compares the financial performance of insurers in the Medicare Advantage, individual, and fully-insured group markets,” the study began.
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