Analysis of 190 Medicare Advantage plans finds most new supplemental benefits rarely offered, due to cost, overlap with ...

Medicare Advantage is about to look very different in 2026, and not in ways most enrollees will welcome. Federal regulators are tightening the definition of what counts as a health-related benefit, ...

Use them or lose them: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services just proposed vacating a rule that would have alerted beneficiaries about their unused benefits Three in 10 Medicare Advantage ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Supplemental Benefits in Medicare Advantage, featuring analysis and discussion from all stakeholder perspectives with the goal of ...

Humana and CVS, two of the largest Medicare Advantage insurers in the country, are poised to seriously downgrade their plan benefits and geographic presence next year as they chase profits in the ...

MA enrollees have similar utilization rates of dental, vision, and hearing benefits as TM beneficiaries, despite broader coverage in MA plans. Low awareness of coverage and significant out-of-pocket ...

Federal Medicare overseers were poised this year to require Medicare Advantage insurers to send personalized mid-year reminders to enrollees who have not used the supplemental benefits included in ...

Medicare Advantage - the privatized form of Medicare that offers benefits beyond traditional Medicare, such as dental insurance - is gaining in popularity, but a new analysis reveals that the quality ...

This article is the first in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Supplemental Benefits in Medicare Advantage, featuring analysis and discussion from all stakeholder perspectives with the goal of ...

The decision of when to begin receiving Social Security benefits is a pivotal one for retirees, as it significantly affects the monthly payment amount. While benefits are calculated based on a ...