Medicare Advantage

Improvements to Medicare Advantage • Today, Medicare pays Medicare Advantage insurance companies over $1,000 more per person on average than Original Medicare. These additional payments are paid for in part by increased premiums by all Medicare beneficiaries—including the 77% of seniors not enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan. • The new law levels the playing field by gradually eliminating Medicare Advantage overpayments to insurance companies. • If you are in a Medicare Advantage plan, you will still receive guaranteed Medicare benefits. • Beginning in 2014, the new law protects Medicare Advantage members by taking strong steps to ensure that at least 85% of every dollar these plans receive is spent on health care, rather than administrative costs and insurance company profits.