Washington, D.C. (November 18, 2021) - As Medicare’s annual open enrollment period continues, a new brief commissioned by Better Medicare Alliance (BMA) and prepared by the actuarial consulting firm Milliman highlights the continued expansion of…
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Study: Newly-Expanded Supplemental Benefits in Medicare Advantage Grew 43% for 2022
November 18, 2021 Press Releases
Report: Medicare Advantage Helped Sustain Providers, Enabled Faster Telehealth Adoption During COVID-19
November 4, 2021 Washington, D.C. – Better Medicare Alliance, the nation’s leading research and advocacy organization supporting Medicare Advantage, announced the release of new research conducted by Health Management Associates (HMA) evaluating the Medicare Advantage community’s response to…
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Better Medicare Alliance Lauds Bipartisan Letter from 13 Senators Supporting Medicare Advantage
October 15, 2021 Washington, D.C. – Better Medicare Alliance, the nation’s leading research and advocacy organization supporting Medicare Advantage, applauded a bipartisan Senate letter sent today to CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure expressing strong support for Medicare Advantage and…
BMA Blog
The Real Story on Medicare Advantage Costs and Spending
November 19, 2021
by Mary Beth Donahue A recent Kaiser Health News article parroted a series of salacious claims on Medicare Advantage spending. “Critics have argued for years that Medicare Advantage costs taxpayers too much,” the article reports.…
A Closer Look at Medicare Advantage’s Value to Seniors and Taxpayers: A Response to Health Affairs
October 4, 2021
By Greg Gierer, MPP As Congress mulls possible Medicare reforms as part of a budget reconciliation deal, there’s no shortage of viewpoints for policymakers to consider. In recent weeks, media coverage and opinion writing on…
Setting the Record Straight on Axios’s Recent Coverage of Medicare Advantage
August 11, 2021
By Jonathan Frank As Medicare Advantage continues to grow – driven by diverse, medically complex, and at-risk beneficiaries who make an active choice to enroll – so, too, does the outcry from those with an…