As Medicare Open Enrollment Approaches, Seniors Don't Study Options

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : The analysis is surprising given the unprecedented marketing and advertising onslaught each year from record numbers of private health insurance companies offering coverage to beneficiaries.
52% : While KFF researchers said the "marketplace of Medicare private plans operates on the premise that people with Medicare will compare plans during the open enrollment period to select the best source of coverage, given their individual needs and circumstances," that is not happening.
51% : The "vast majority" of the nation's 67 million seniors eligible for Medicare won't shop around for coverage options, let alone switch plans, a new analysis shows.

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