MedCity News September 4, 2023
After five years of enrolling in a Medicare Advantage plan, 48.3% of non-dually enrolled beneficiaries left their contract and 53.4% of dually enrolled beneficiaries did, a new study found.
As Medicare Advantage enrollment grows, a new study found that about half of Medicare Advantage enrollees disenroll from their plan after five years.
The study was conducted by researchers at Brown University School of Public Health and was published in JAMA Health Forum. It examined nearly 82.4 million individuals “with any” Medicare Advantage enrollment between 2011 and 2020.
The researchers found that after one year of enrolling in a Medicare Advantage plan, 13.2% of non-dually enrolled beneficiaries disenrolled from their plan, and 15.9% of dually enrolled beneficiaries disenrolled from their plan....