Health Care Blog June 20, 2024
The Program has also Helped Millions of Low-Income Retirees with Better Retirement Benefits and Needed Support Services
Medicare Advantage (MA) has saved Medicare. Half of those in Medicare are in MA and their care costs less on average. This means the Medicare Trust Fund is protected against future deterioration because MA’s cost increases continuously run below the average increase in Medicare Trust Fund revenue each year.
The capitation paid to MA plans for each member is based each year on the actual average cost of fee-for-service Medicare in every county. Payments to the plans are now running about 11% below that average cost.
The plans bid capitation levels that are below the average cost of fee-for-service Medicare every year because...
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