Medicare Plan Market Could Face More Disruption in 2026: Web Broker

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Medicare Plan Market Could Face More Disruption in 2026: Web Broker

GoHealth's CEO thinks people with coverage that stayed about the same should expect change.

www.thinkadvisor.com

This year: Carriers noticed that enrollee claims started to run high in the fourth quarter of 2024, possibly because of issues such as a bad flu and COVID season, preventive care skipped during the worst years of the COVID pandemic and health care providers' efforts to make up for the financial hit they took during the worst years of the COVID pandemic.

 

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The losses are stacking up for all Medicare markets and will impact Medigap AND MA plans . . . just in different ways.