Some hospitals are leaving Medicare Advantage insurers, and insurers are exiting the program in some places. The potential impact for patients was explained in the Star Tribune:
In Minnesota, we’ve seen announcements from HealthPartners, Essentia Health and Sanford Health in recent weeks that they will drop certain Medicare Advantage plans from its networks.
As a result of those decisions, tens of thousands of Minnesotans will have to choose either a new insurer or new care provider during the insurance renewal period from Nov. 1 to Dec. 7.
One out of six Minnesotans is enrolled in Medicare. And nearly 60% of them are enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan, one of the highest adoption rates for those plans in the nation.
