Cherry-Picking Of Healthy Seniors by Medicare Advantage Impacts Resources and Expenditures of Traditional Medicare

Research Finds Link Between Poor Health And Seniors Switching Out Of Private Medicare Plans by Jordan Rau.  Kaiser Health News.  February 4, 2013.

A new research report finds that seniors who leave HMO-style Medicare Advantage for traditional Medicare incurred higher costs than a control group from traditional Medicare.  This has lead to the suspicion that Medicare Advantages skims the most healthy seniors who leave for traditional Medicare when they get sicker.  Any such "cherry-picking" impacts the financial health of traditional Medicare.