Patients in Medicare Advantage plans are better off than those in traditional Medicare plans — because they're getting more benefits.
New HealthPocket analysis found that 97 percent of Advantage plans provided coverage for a minimum of one extra insurance benefit — vision, dental, or hearing — not covered by Medicare. And 42 percent of Advantage plans included extra coverage for vision, dental and hearing together.
HealthPocket researchers said the extra benefits often found in MA plans "are frequently overlooked in discussions of Medicare Advantage's value proposition to consumers."
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