Health Affairs March 10, 2021
Allyson Y. Schwartz

Publisher’s note: This post is paid for and provided by Better Medicare Alliance. The views expressed by the authors are their own.

Enrollment in Medicare Advantage, the public-private partnership in Medicare, increased by 60 percent from 2013 to 2019 – now reaching 42 percent of the total Medicare population.

As enrollment numbers grow, and as a new Congress and administration face important decisions about the future of this bipartisan health coverage success story, policymakers are right to ask: who are the Medicare beneficiaries choosing Medicare Advantage?

An understanding of whom Medicare Advantage serves – their demographics, social risk factors, and clinical profiles – is critical to informed policymaking. This is particularly important as the Medicare Advantage population is rapidly changing,...

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