Becker's Healthcare November 7, 2024
Alan Condon

Donald Trump’s second term as president likely will have significant implications for healthcare, including the Medicare Advantage program, which provides health coverage to more than half of the nation’s older adults.

Medicare Advantage, the private insurance option within Medicare, has grown significantly in recent years, and Mr. Trump’s background in deregulation and market-driven approaches may continue to favor policies supporting the growth and flexibility of MA plans.

In a Nov. 6 article published in Forbes, Sachin Jain, MD, president and CEO of SCAN Group, suggested key changes the new administration should consider to improve MA, including multiyear plan enrollment, rebuilding trust in healthcare through brokers, using technology to adjudicate risk coding in real time and realigning star ratings to...

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Topics: Congress / White House, Govt Agencies, Insurance, Medicare Advantage
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