Most seniors recognize the advantage of a certain Medicare program.
A Health Affairs study out this week finds that more than half of Medicare beneficiaries have switched from the main program to Medicare Advantage in the last several years, between 2006 and 2011.
Specifically, the study found 52 percent of new MA beneficiaries in 2011 came from traditional Medicare; and that 48 percent of new Medicare beneficiaries in 2011 enrolled into MA without even trying traditional Medicare, up from 22 percent of new MA beneficiaries in 2006. Additionally, individuals in their late 60s moved from traditional Medicare at the highest rate.
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