{"id":18001,"date":"2021-04-13T09:13:11","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T13:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=18001"},"modified":"2021-04-13T09:13:11","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T13:13:11","slug":"medicare-advantage-members-spend-40-percent-less-per-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=18001","title":{"rendered":"Medicare Advantage members spend 40 percent less per year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new data from UnitedHealth Group found Medicare Advantage beneficiaries spend 40 percent less per year than people enrolled in fee-for-service Medicare. The study found \u201ca beneficiary\u2019s estimated health care spending is a key factor in the choice between Medicare Advantage and fee-for-service coverage, especially since half of Medicare beneficiaries live on fixed annual incomes below $29,560.\u201d\u00a0Read the article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiercehealthcare.com\/payer\/unitedhealth-study-medicare-advantage-members-spend-40-less-per-year-than-fee-for-service\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-462052741medicare-healthcare-insurance.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17863\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-462052741medicare-healthcare-insurance-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-462052741medicare-healthcare-insurance-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-462052741medicare-healthcare-insurance-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-462052741medicare-healthcare-insurance-1024x723.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-462052741medicare-healthcare-insurance.jpg 1219w\" 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 new data from UnitedHealth Group found Medicare Advantage beneficiaries spend 40 percent less per year than people enrolled in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,6,9,46,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-finance","category-medicare-general","category-medicare-advantage","category-medigap","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18001","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=18001"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18002,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18001\/revisions\/18002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}