NIH R01 · 2025
Medicare Advantage versus Traditional Medicare for Dual Eligible Beneficiaries
Project Summary/Abstract Dual-eligible Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries (“duals”) frequently have complex clinical and social needs. Compared with non-duals, dual beneficiaries are poorer, more likely to qualify for Medicare due to disability, and be racial and ethnic minorities. Structuring health benefits to meet the needs of duals is challenging due to fragmented financing and poor coordination between the two programs. Private Medicare Advantage plans could be a potentially promising vehicle for better integrating Medicare and Medicaid benefits. Duals are increasingly enrolling in MA plans with over half (56%) of 12 million duals enrolled in MA in 2022. The relative value of MA vs.…
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