The analysis, published March 23, is based on CMS Medicare Advantage enrollment data.
Here are the metropolitan areas where more than 65 percent of Medicare-eligible people choose Medicare Advantage:
- Rochester, N.Y.: 73 percent
- Rio Grande City-Roma, Texas: 73 percent
- Hutchinson, Minn.: 72 percent
- Johnstown, Pa.: 72 percent
- McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas: 72 percent
- Appleton, Wis.: 72 percent
- Grand Rapids-Kentwood, Mich.: 71 percent
- Holland, Mich.: 71 percent
- El Paso, Texas: 71 percent
- Raymondville, Texas: 70 percent
- Muskegon, Mich.: 69 percent
- Greensboro-High Point, N.C.: 69 percent
- Indiana, Pa.: 69 percent
- Red Wing, Minn.: 68 percent
- Buffalo-Cheektowaga, N.Y.: 68 percent
- Mount Airy, N.C.: 68 percent
- New Castle, Pa.: 68 percent
- Green Bay, Wis.: 68 percent
- Oshkosh-Neenah, Wis.: 68 percent
- Mobile, Ala.: 67 percent
- Duluth, Minn.-Wis.: 67 percent
- Burlington, N.C.: 67 percent
- Winston-Salem, N.C.: 67 percent
- Pittsburgh: 67 percent
- Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas: 67 percent
- Shawano, Wis.: 67 percent
- New Orleans-Metairie, La.: 66 percent
- Faribault-Northfield, Minn.: 66 percent
- Batavia, N.Y.: 66 percent
- Canton-Massillon, Ohio: 66 percent
- Somerset, Pa.: 66 percent
- Selma, Ala.: 65 percent
- Lakeland-Winter Haven, Fla.: 65 percent
- Lansing-East Lansing, Mich.: 65 percent
- Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Ore.-Wash.: 65 percent
- Eagle Pass, Texas: 65 percent
- Fond du Lac, Wis.: 65 percent
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