Fact Based List:

eHealth: 6 reasons consumers changed Medicare plans during the open enrollment period

  1. unhappy with their former insurer: 22%
  2. unhappy with copays and other out-of-pocket costs: 15%
  3. their preferred doctor was no longer in network: 12%
  4. changes to prescription coverage: 9%
  5. premiums increased: 9%
  6. moved to a new area: 8%

Source: eHealth, May 2019
Source URL: https://news.ehealthinsurance.com/_ir/68/20194/eHealth_Repor...
Notes: "Medicare 2019 Open Enrollment: Costs and Sentiments." Data are based on eHealth shoppers during the Medicare open enrollment period between January 1 and March 31, 2019.