MA Premiums Stable, Enrollment Projected To Grow In Last Year Of Pay Cuts

Medicare Advantage premiums will remain stable in 2017 and enrollment is projected to grow to new heights, CMS said Thursday (Sept. 22). Next year is the last of six years of phased-in MA pay cuts, and the program appears to remain healthy despite years of warnings by the health insurance industry that those cuts would hurt the program. Avalere Health Vice President Tom Kornfield said he is not surprised by the stable premiums and enrollment predictions because MA plans have...