MA Current Enrollment Would Be Cut By 35% With Competitive Bidding – CBO
Executive Summary
Enrollment in the Medicare Advantage program would decline to about 6.9 million individuals in 10 years if plan sponsors are required to participate in a competitive bidding process that would effectively cut payment rates, based on recent estimates from the Congressional Budget Office
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