Medicare Supplement market leader United Healthcare (UHC) released 3rd quarter 2021 financials on October 14th, adding 15,000 Medicare Supplement lives in the 3rd quarter.  The UHC enrollment table below features Standardized and Modernized policy in-force counts of 4,405,000 as of 9/30/2021, a 45,000 decrease in the past 12 months.  The 45,000 decrease in lives in the past 12 months is a 1.0% decrease over the in-force lives at 9/30/2020.

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This UHC enrollment table shows Medicare Advantage enrollment counts of 6,455,000 as of 9/30/2021, a 785,000 increase in the past year.  The 785,000 enrollment increase in the past 12 months is a 13.8% increase over the Medicare Advantage enrollment counts at 9/30/2020.

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This combined UHC enrollment table shows Medicare Supplement and Medicare Advantage enrollment counts of 10,860,000 as of 9/30/2021, a 740,000 increase in the past year.  The 740,000 enrollment increase in the past 12 months is a 7.3% increase over the combined enrollment counts at 9/30/3020.   UHC’s combined Medicare Supplement and Medicare Advantage enrollment of 10.86 million at 9/30/2021 is approximately 17% of the overall Medicare enrollment at that same point in time.

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