News-Medical.Net October 22, 2024
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Right now across the country, tens of millions of older adults and people with serious disabilities have a choice to make: whether to stick with their current Medicare option, or change during Open Enrollment.

One of the biggest decisions they face is whether to go with a Medicare Advantage plan offered by an insurance company, or traditional Medicare coverage offered directly by the federal government.

If they change from one to the other, a new University of Michigan study finds, they may be entering a revolving door and find themselves changing again in the future.

On average, the study shows, 3% of people with traditional Medicare switch over to an MA plan each year. But when the researchers looked closely...

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