Event Dime

How Medicare Advantage Rebates Disadvantage Medicare’s Stand-Alone Drug Plan Market

When:

June 11, 2026 · 2:00 PM

Where:

2023 Health Insurance Marketplace Calculator, NC

Source:

2023 Health Insurance Marketplace Calculator

The private plans that offer the Medicare Part D benefit - stand-alone drug plans and Medicare Advantage drug plans - are increasingly are competing on uneven terms, in part because the payment system for Medicare Advantage plans enables them to lower Part D premiums or reduce Part D cost sharing, making drug coverage from Medicare Advantage plans appear considerably cheaper, or even premium-free, to the beneficiary. This brief discusses the growing instability of the Part D stand-alone drug pla