Medicare Trustees Report Increases MA Enrollment Estimates

The Medicare Trustees predict increased Medicare Advantage growth because the program hasn't been hit as hard by the Affordable Care Act as expected, and they project four more years of life to the Medicare hospital trust fund. The findings come as GOP lawmakers say the health law's funding cuts threaten the MA program's future, but Medicare advocates point to growing MA enrollment. The short-range financial outlook for the Medicare Part A trust fund improved since last year, the trustees say,...