The nation's largest payers each expanded their Medicare Advantage offerings into hundreds more counties in 2023, according to a Nov. 10 report from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
That includes Humana, which now offers Medicare Advantage plans in 89 percent of U.S. counties, and UnitedHealthcare, which now offers plans in 84 percent of counties, according to the report.
Here is how six major payers' Medicare Advantage offerings grew from 2022 to 2023:
Humana
2022: 2,737 counties
2023: 2,860 counties
Added: 123
UnitedHealthcare
2022: 2,377 counties
2023: 2,709 counties
Added: 332
Blue Cross Blue Shield
2022: 2,169 counties
2023: 2,466 counties
Added: 297
CVS Health
2022: 1,840 counties
2023: 1,978 counties
Added: 138
Centene
2022: 1,525 counties
2023: 1,739 counties
Added: 214
Cigna
2022: 477 counties
2023: 581 counties
Added: 104