Forbes July 20, 2017
Medicare Advantage plans could quickly become the choice of one in two seniors as millions flock to privately administered health benefits for the government’s health insurance for elderly Americans, the nation’s largest health insurer is predicting.
UnitedHealth Group executives are confident it’s only a matter of time before more than half of the nation’s seniors are enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan over traditional fee-for-service Medicare. The insurer’s executives wouldn’t say when such growth would take place, but health plans reporting earnings in the next two weeks are expected to report solid growth.
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