Data Brief: Medicare Advantage Outperforms Traditional Medicare on Cost Protections for Low- and Modest-Income Populations

The cumulative impact of recent legislative and regulatory changes to the Medicare Advantage program is resulting in beneficiary disruptions for 2025, including fewer Medicare Advantage plan and benefit choices and higher out-of-pocket costs. In 2025,…

The Medicare Advantage program continues to grow and become more diverse as the affordable health care choice for the majority of America’s Medicare-eligible seniors. Today, a record 33.8 million seniors and people with disabilities now…

The annual Medicare Advantage regulatory cycle consists of the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D Rule and the Rate Announcement, which are finalized by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in the…