Modern Healthcare (9/26, Tepper, Subscription Publication) reported, “Medicare Advantage enrollment could slip next year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced Friday.” Health insurers “project Medicare Advantage membership will fall from 34.9 million this year to 34 million in 2026, CMS said in a news release.” Additionally, “insurers…predict that Medicare Advantage will lose ground to fee-for-service Medicare next year.” Modern Healthcare adds, “The privatized program surpassed traditional Medicare in 2023 but will cover 48% of beneficiaries in 2026, down from 50% this year, according to industry estimates reported to CMS.”
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— “Medicare Advantage enrollment may shrink in 2026, CMS says,”Nona Tepper, Modern Healthcare, September 26, 2025