MedCity News August 8, 2023
About 27% of Medicare Advantage enrollees are Black, Latino or Asian, versus 17% of traditional Medicare enrollees, according to a report conducted by ATI Advisory and commissioned by the Better Medicare Alliance.
Black, Latino and Asian Medicare beneficiaries are more likely to select Medicare Advantage plans over traditional Medicare plans than White beneficiaries, a new report found.
About 69% of Latino Medicare beneficiaries select Medicare Advantage, as do 65% of Black Medicare beneficiaries and 60% of Asian Medicare beneficiaries. About 48% of White Medicare beneficiaries choose Medicare Advantage.
The report was conducted by ATI Advisory and commissioned by the Better Medicare Alliance, a research and advocacy organization for Medicare Advantage. ATI Advisory relied on two data sources: the Medicare Current...