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What Rising Disenrollment Rates Reveal About Medicare Advantage

Episode 258 Published 5 months ago

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Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews Em Balkan of Brown University about their recent paper showing that rapid disenrollment from Medicare Advantage plans tripled from 2017 to 2022, with higher rates among dual‑eligible beneficiaries and certain racial and ethnic groups — raising questions about how well plans are meeting beneficiaries’ needs.

Order the March 2026 issue of Health Affairs.

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