Medicare Supplement market leader United Healthcare (UHC) released 4th quarter 2021 financials on January 19th, reporting a 10,000 decrease in Medicare Supplement lives in the 4th quarter. The UHC enrollment table below features Standardized and Modernized policy in-force counts of 4,395,000 as of 12/31/2021, a 65,000 decrease in the past 12 months. The 65,000 decrease in lives in the past 12 months is a 1.5% decrease over the in-force lives at year end 2020.
This UHC enrollment table shows Medicare Advantage enrollment counts of 6,490,000 as of 12/31/2021, a 780,000 increase in the past year. The 780,000 enrollment increase in the past 12 months is a 13.7% increase over the Medicare Advantage enrollment counts at year end 2021.
This combined UHC enrollment table shows Medicare Supplement and Medicare Advantage enrollment counts of 10,885,000 as of 12/31/2021, a 715,000 increase in the past year. The 715,000 enrollment increase in the past 12 months is a 7.0% increase over the combined enrollment counts at year end 2021. UHC’s combined Medicare Supplement and Medicare Advantage enrollment of 10,885,000 at 12/31/2021 is approximately 17% of the overall Medicare enrollment at that same point in time.
