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How Is Medicare Advantage Funded?

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2 responses to “How Is Medicare Advantage Funded?”

  1. J Scott Burke Avatar
    J Scott Burke

    When you go on a Medicare Advantage plan, you are opting out of Medicare a & b for the time you are enrolled in the Part C Advantage Plan. Since Medicare does not have the liability of insuring you, they pay most of your premium for you. It’s estimated that they pay around $800 monthly to the insurance company that you choose. You pay little or no premium to the company plus your Part B premium.

  2. Alex Efroymson Avatar
    Alex Efroymson

    As you may know, there are many advantage plans with extremely low premiums, which makes this a popular question. Medicare advantage plans are actually funded by medicare, which was funded originally by taxes taken from your paycheck and monthly part B premiums. When you join an advantage plan, you transfer these payments to the advantage plan.

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