Reducing Medicare Advantage Payments to Match Costs in Local Areas

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Reducing Medicare Advantage Payments to Match Costs in Local Areas “Payments to Medicare Advantage plans in 2009 are projected to be 13 percent ($11 billion, or $1,100 per enrollee) greater than the corresponding costs in traditional Medicare. Policymakers have proposed reducing these payments to correspond more closely to the costs that Medicare Advantage plans face in their local areas. How strongly do you favor or oppose these proposals?” Strongly Oppose 8% Somewhat Oppose 10% Neither Favor nor Oppose 7% Strongly Favor 55% Somewhat Favor 21% Source: Commonwealth Fund Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey, October 2009.