A new survey from the Commonwealth Fund compares the experiences of traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage enrollees when it comes to access to benefits, services, and providers; care coordination; and overall satisfaction.
The survey of more than 3,000 Medicare beneficiaries found that 65 percent of those with either Medicare Advantage or traditional Medicare said their coverage fully met their expectations. About one in three said they were only somewhat satisfied and pointed to reasons including lack of coverage for needed services, high costs, and uncertainty over covered benefits.