Category: Medicare

Medicare’s trustees expect program spending to keep rising faster than its dedicated income over the coming decade, but the gap is measured rather than sudden. Their 2026 report projects average annual growth of about 7.1% for total Medicare income from 2026 through 2035, slightly below the expected growth in expenditures. For retirees, the useful lesson…

Molina Healthcare says it plans to exit its traditional Medicare Advantage-Part D product for 2027 while focusing its Medicare business on people eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid. The company reported that the exiting contracts represented about 117,000 members in 2025 and projected roughly 80,000 members by the end of 2026. Current members still need…

NewYork-Presbyterian’s public page still describes an extension of UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage in-network coverage only through July 31, 2026. As of August 8, the page has not posted a final outcome from the negotiations. That silence is not proof that the hospitals left the network, and it is not proof that a new agreement preserved coverage….

Humana executives said during the company’s 2026 second-quarter discussion that planned 2027 Medicare Advantage exits are expected to affect roughly 600,000 members and that the insurer will try to retain a significant portion in other plans. The most concrete comparison is Humana’s last exit cycle: company filings show it recaptured just over 40% of affected…

UnitedHealth Group’s latest results show a sharp contraction in the number of seniors served through UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage. The company says membership, including programs for complex populations that also involve Medicaid, is down 965,000 since year-end 2025. That figure measures people served; it does not prove that more than 100 plans were eliminated or that…

Moffitt Cancer Center says Humana, not the hospital, terminated their Medicare Advantage agreement. The center has been out of network for Humana Medicare Advantage HMO and PPO members since July 1, 2026. For patients in active cancer treatment, the immediate financial question is whether continuity protection preserves in-network coverage long enough to complete a course…

Mayo Clinic’s current insurance list sharply limits which individual UnitedHealthcare and Humana Medicare Advantage products are treated as contracted coverage in 2026. The practical question is not whether a card carries either company’s name, but whether the exact plan and Mayo location appear in the health system’s current contract information. For retirees considering specialty care,…

Hospital systems are publishing 2026 limits on Medicare Advantage participation that can separate seniors from established doctors. Mayo Clinic lists only narrow UnitedHealthcare and Humana arrangements, Moffitt Cancer Center says it is out of Humana’s network, and Mass General Brigham lists two major Medicare Advantage exclusions for Eastern Massachusetts primary care. The verified pattern is…

A major Massachusetts health system’s 2026 network list excludes two widely used Medicare Advantage carriers from its Eastern Massachusetts primary-care practices. The result is not merely an insurance-directory change: depending on the plan type, continuing with the same doctor can bring higher cost sharing or require a move to a new in-network primary-care practice. The…

Medicare’s trustees expect the standard Part B premium to climb again in 2027, to roughly $209.50 a month. Because that premium is pulled straight out of Social Security checks, an increase does not just raise a bill — it quietly trims the net benefit that lands in a retiree’s bank account each month. The figure…