Your Medicare Advantage benefits are about to expire. How to get the most of the extras you’ve already paid for.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services just proposed vacating a rule that would have alerted beneficiaries about ...

Medicare Open Enrollment Ends Dec. 7—Should You Switch to a Medigap Plan?

A Medigap plan supplements Original Medicare. It's an option if you're not happy with your Medicare Advantage plan or if it was canceled this year. Here’s how to decide if you should switch.
Health Affairs

We Need Better Data To Measure The Value Of Medicare Advantage Supplemental Benefits

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Supplemental Benefits in Medicare Advantage, featuring analysis and discussion from all stakeholder perspectives with the goal of ...
AOL

SSBCI Medicare: Special Supplemental Benefits for the Chronically Ill

Some Medicare Advantage (Part C) plans offer special supplemental benefits for people with chronic illnesses in addition to their standard benefits, which match those of Original Medicare (parts A and ...
Health Affairs

Podcast: Medicare Advantage Supplemental Benefits: What We've Learned

Hello and welcome to Health Affairs This Week. I'm your host, Jeff Beyers. We're recording on 06/12/2025. As a quick note, I know I've talked about the Insider Program a lot. We have a couple of ...
KCUR

For seniors on Medicare Advantage, lower costs can mean gambling with health care

Medicare Advantage, a private alternative to traditional Medicare, offers extra benefits and low monthly premiums. However, ...
Morningstar

New Survey Offers Important Insights into How Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries Use and Value Their Supplemental Benefits

A recent study conducted by Humana Healthcare Research, with strategic input from researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, reveals key insights into how Medicare Advantage beneficiaries perceive ...
MedPage Today

Supplemental Benefits Offer Few Advantages for MA Enrollees

Even though almost all Medicare Advantage (MA) plans boast coverage of supplemental benefits -- dental, vision, and hearing -- enrollees didn't get more care, and they spent just as much out of pocket ...

Industry groups say Medicare Advantage offers better care at lower costs, but critics call the plan risky

Today, Dec. 7, is the open enrollment deadline for millions of older adults who will decide between traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans. Critics warn of risks in the latter.
Healthline

Medicare Supplement Plans in Indiana in 2025

Medicare supplement insurance, also called Medigap, is a form of insurance that helps cover gaps in Original Medicare (parts A and B). Residents of Indiana can choose from a range of Medicare ...