HealthLeaders Media January 30, 2018
Medicare Advantage markets are more robust, with higher private insurer participation and lower average premium growth than the Affordable Care Act marketplaces.
The success of Medicare Advantage could be a roadmap for the struggling ACA marketplaces, an analysis from the Urban Institute suggests.
Researchers examined why MA plans thrived in 2017 as marketplace plans struggled, and how the programs differ—including insurer participation, the risk-adjustment system, and provider payments. They concluded that adopting policies to increase enrollment in marketplace plans as well as insurer participation could make the ACA marketplaces stronger and more stable.
The Medicare Advantage market included 19 million enrollees in 2017, or 33% of the total Medicare population. These enrollees stick with their plans year after year and...
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