{"id":17914,"date":"2021-03-31T10:42:25","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T14:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=17914"},"modified":"2021-03-31T10:42:25","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T14:42:25","slug":"medicare-advantage-beneficiaries-save-more-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=17914","title":{"rendered":"Medicare Advantage beneficiaries save more money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The newest analysis by Better Medicare Alliance found Medicare Advantage plan holders spend $1,640 less a year compared with traditional fee-for-service. Their analysis also showed that lower-income Medicare beneficiaries are more likely to choose MA over traditional Medicare. Allyson Schwartz, president and CEO of Better Medicare Alliance said beneficiaries in MA saw \u201ca 40 percent lower cost burden than traditional Medicare which translates to meaningful financial security and peace of mind for millions of beneficiaries.\u201d Robert King\u2019s article for Fierce Healthcare reports further on the findings of the analysis by this advocacy group. Read Mr. King\u2019s article\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiercehealthcare.com\/payer\/bma-medicare-advantage-beneficiaries-save-more-money-out-pocket-costs-than-medicare-fee-for\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/research-data.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8434\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/research-data-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/research-data-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/research-data-130x90.jpg 130w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/research-data.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> 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>The newest analysis by Better Medicare Alliance found Medicare Advantage plan holders spend $1,640 less a year compared with traditional<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medicare-general","category-medicare-advantage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17914","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=17914"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17915,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17914\/revisions\/17915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}