Medicare Advantage insurers could see their star ratings fall next year — and lose out on the lucrative bonuses the ratings represent — after regulators boosted many of the thresholds for achieving the quality scores.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has changed some of the rules around how we work, while carriers are changing benefits, networks, eligibility requirements and supplemental programs.

We wanted to look at how enrollment submissions have looked this year compared to last year, especially since more states are coming out with birthday rule policy’s. Here are some of our findings. 

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Life insurance application activity surged 18% in August from a year earlier, marking the strongest year-over-year growth ever recorded for the month, according to the MIB Life Index.

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Covering individual Dental products, this report includes: aggregate premiums, policy counts, and loss ratios; premium volumes for top carriers; experience data for senior-focused Dental carriers; and projections for senior market products

Shares of UnitedHealth, Humana, and CVS rose between 8% and 14% ​in extended trading as investors were relieved by the final proposal, a sharp contrast to the share declines after ​the government's January draft proposal.

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Coding intensity is the degree to which a person’s health care conditions are documented through diagnosis codes. Differences in coding patterns across groups of beneficiaries, such as MA enrollees and traditional Medicare beneficiaries, or those in MA plans sponsored by different insurers, are described as differences in coding intensity.

Estimated federal spending on the Medicare Advantage quality bonus program will total at least $13.4 billion in 2026, somewhat more than 2025 ($12.7 billion). Spending on the quality bonus program has increased sharply since the program started, more than quadrupling from $3.0 billion in 2015 to $13.4 billion in 2026.

Annuity sales were down slightly from $115.5 billion in the second quarter of 2025 but increased from $99.4 billion in the first quarter of 2026.

The partners plan to continue building out the suite of offerings over the next several years, per an announcement, and executives said these products could include a new pharmacy experience, over-the-counter benefits, vision, hearing and more.

Insurance agency eHealth conducted a survey of 1,000 Americans and found that 89% of beneficiaries feel "confident" that they understand their Medicare benefits and coverage options. However, just 13% could identify each of the main facets of Medicare, such as the traditional program, Medicare Advantage, Part D and Medicare supplement plans.

Kaiser Permanente in California and UnitedHealthcare in Florida ranked first and second, respectively, on overall satisfaction with Medicare Advantage members, with Humana following close behind, according to a JD Powers ranking of MA plans.

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Looking at the rate increases submitted from January through August 2026 — covering roughly 780 individual company-state-plan adjustments, more than 100 carriers, nearly every state and jurisdiction — a fairly consistent pattern has continued.

Major health insurers saw positive signs in the second quarter, but the pressures they've faced over the past year haven't evaporated, according to a new report from analysts at Moody's.

Refreshed data shows that the individual Supplemental Health insurance market boasted 12.9 million policyholders and earned $7.46 billion in premium during 2025, a 2.5% increase from 2024.

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