In a new Viewpoint for JAMA, Dr. Dhruv Khullar, the Center’s director, and associate professor of population health sciences at Weill Cornell Medical College, Dr. Amelia Bond, associate professor of population health sciences at Weill Cornell Medical College, and Dr. Lawrence Casalino, senior advisor at the Center examine practices within the Medicare Advantage (MA) plans that may have contributed to its significant growth over the past decade.
They highlight the influence of insurance brokers in directing beneficiaries toward MA plans, as well as the challenges beneficiaries face when trying to switch back to traditional Medicare once enrolled in an MA program.
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