{"id":11989,"date":"2018-11-14T08:48:15","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T13:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11989"},"modified":"2018-11-14T08:48:15","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T13:48:15","slug":"a-dozen-facts-about-medicare-advantage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11989","title":{"rendered":"A Dozen Facts About Medicare Advantage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Gretchen Jacobson, Anthony Damico, and Tricia Neuman for Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation)<\/p>\n<p>Medicare Advantage plans have played an increasingly larger role in the Medicare program over the past decade. More than 20 million Medicare beneficiaries (34%) are enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans in 2018. This collection provides updated information about Medicare Advantage enrollment trends, premiums, and out-of-pocket limits. It also includes new analyses of Medicare Advantage plans\u2019 extra benefits, use of prior authorization, and bonus payments paid by Medicare. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/medicare\/issue-brief\/a-dozen-facts-about-medicare-advantage\/\">Continue reading here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Kaiser-Family-Foundation.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7499\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Kaiser-Family-Foundation.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"147\" height=\"138\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Gretchen Jacobson, Anthony Damico, and Tricia Neuman for Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation) Medicare Advantage plans have played an<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medicare-advantage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11989"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11990,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11989\/revisions\/11990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}