Data: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services; Map: Harry Stevens/Axios
States in the Midwest, South and West have the
highest proportions of Medicare members enrolled in Medicare Advantage. Some
states have more than 40% of their Medicare population in the
taxpayer-subsidized private plans.
The big picture: Roughly a third of all Medicare enrollees are
in MA, a program that has garnered bipartisan support despite its
shortcomings, and some Wall Street estimates think MA will be the
majority option by 2021.
By the numbers: More than 22 million seniors
and people with disabilities have a Medicare Advantage plan, according to
February 2019 enrollment data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services. The map highlights enrollment data from 2017,
when there were 19.2 million MA enrollees.
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The state with the
highest proportion of private Medicare plan enrollees (57.3%) is Minnesota,
although many people are enrolled in "Medicare cost" plans that
function as a hybrid between MA and traditional Medicare.
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MA is the choice of at
least 40% of all Medicare enrollees in 6 other states (California, Florida,
Hawaii, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island).
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MA is far less popular
in states with sparse populations, like Alaska, Vermont and Wyoming.
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Between
the lines: States with high
concentrations of MA enrollees also have dominant systems of hospitals and
doctors that sell MA plans.
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Many MA members in
Pennsylvania buy plans from Highmark, Geisinger and UPMC, while Kaiser
Permanente has a strong grip of the market along the West Coast.
What to watch: Health insurance companies will always
aggressively pursue areas where there are a lot of seniors, like Florida and
California, but the distribution shows there are pockets of the Midwest and
Northeast that could be their next targets.
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