When Medicare cuts payments to Medicare Advantage plans, 11.5 million people around the country will see “their Medicare” change. This represents 25% of all Medicare beneficiaries. I recently came across a page on the Medicare website that breaks down Medicare Advantage enrollment in every county in the country.  I was shocked to see that in quite a few counties (mostly large urban areas) nearly 50 % of Medicare beneficiaries are enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans.

Throughout Arizona, 34% of Medicare beneficiaries are enrolled in Medicare Advantage.  However, in Pima County 44.83 % are enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans.  In Maricopa County it’s 43.45%.  In Pinal County over 49% of Medicare beneficiaries are enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans.

The numbers below are from the CMS website and were updated in April 2010.

The vast majority of Medicare Advantage enrollees are in HMO plans which require them to use doctors, hospitals, labs, and other providers in their plan’s network.

Here are numbers for counties around the country where Medicare Advantage enrollment is very high.

Total list can be found at:

http://www.cms.gov/MCRAdvPartDEnrolData/MASCPen/itemdetail.asp?filterType=none&filterByDID=-99&sortByDID=2&sortOrder=descending&itemID=CMS1234724&intNumPerPage=10

FOR MORE INFORMATION on Medicare in Arizona, check out my website.

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