Becker's Healthcare March 26, 2024
Rylee Wilson

Older couples typically enroll and disenroll in Medicare Advantage plans together, a study published in JAMA found.

The study, published March 20, examined 1,812 couples enrolled in MA plans from 2010 to 2018. When one partner stayed in the same MA plan, the second partner also remained in the plan in 97% of couples.

When a beneficiary switched to another plan, their partner was 67 percentage points more likely to switch to the same plan than single beneficiaries. When one...

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