by Kristin Steenson | Feb 23, 2018 | Medicare Advantage
Medicare Advantage enrollments as of February 2018 reflected year-end growth higher on a count and percentage basis than the previous year. The table below shows that Medicare Advantage enrollments increased over 1,000,000 from December 2017 to February 2018, 100,000...
by Kristin Steenson | Feb 16, 2018 | Medicare, Medicare Advantage
This week, we are reading a report from Kaiser Family Foundation on Medicare beneficiaries’ out-of-pocket spending as a share of their income, and CMS proposed Medicare Advantage and Part D payment and policy changes in 2019. Medicare Beneficiaries’...
by Kristin Steenson | Feb 9, 2018 | Medicare Supplement
Last month CSG Actuarial reported the 4th quarter 2017 Medicare Supplement enrollment results for United Healthcare. We now have updates from other market leaders Aetna, Humana, and Torchmark, summarized below. Aetna Reports Results for 4th Quarter 2017 Aetna reported...
by Kristin Steenson | Feb 5, 2018 | Flash Report, Medicare Supplement
The CSG Actuarial Premium Rate Scorecard™ provides an overall premium rate competitiveness ranking by company across all states, plans, ages, genders, households, and zip codes, based on actual Medicare Supplement quotes completed on CSG Actuarial’s Market Advisor...
by Kristin Steenson | Feb 5, 2018 | Flash Report, Medicare Supplement
CompanyEffective DateAvg IncreaseComments Aetna Health and Life Insurance Company 3/2/2018 6.3% 0.0-9.0% ; varies by state American Continental Insurance Company (Aetna) 3/1/2018 - 4/1/2018 7.5% 0.0-9.0% ; varies by state American Retirement Life Insurance Company...