Medicare

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“Private plans have never been paid less than FFS Medicare,” says MedPAC, referring to fee-for-service or traditional, government-run Medicare.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

Medicare Advantage is a program under which the federal government pays private health insurers to operate a parallel program to Medicare.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

The federal government will pay Medicare insurers an average increase of 2.48% in 2027, which means some of the country’s largest health insurance plans will collect $13 billion in additional payments next year.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

But there are other growth catalysts on the horizon, namely the expansion of Medicare access in the U.S. and the launch of oral GLP-1 therapies.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

All but one of the others are female, with an average age I would guess in the late twenties, though the range seems to go from prom-fresh to well into the Medicare years.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich