Robert Laszewski
Posted 2/6/12 on Health Policy and Marketplace Review
Medicare Advantage would appear to be a fantastic success—senior premiums are dropping and enrollment is increasing.
Listening to Health and Human Services Secretary Sebelius last week, you would think private Medicare plans were a Democratic idea and this is their success. Many industry observers, including me, have worried that Medicare Advantage benefits would shrink and premiums would rise because the new health care law reduced federal payments to the plans by $136 billion over the next decade.