HHS: Medicare Advantage Enrollment Expected to Swell 11%

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced enrollment in Medicare Advantage, the privatized version of traditional fee-for-service Medicare, is expected to increase 11 percent in the next fiscal year.

The average MA premium is expected to rise only marginally, from $31.12 this year to $32.59 this upcoming year.


Since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010, MA enrollment has shot up 28 percent, while MA premiums have dropped 10 percent.

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