Medicare Advantage continues to see an increase in participation, and by 2030, Medicare Advantage plans are projected to increase nearly 51%. The Better Medicare Alliance State of Medicare Advantage report also showed a “record-setting 99% satisfaction rate” for Medicare Advantage. With October 17 marking the beginning of open enrollment for Medicare until December 7, 2020, read these Essential Insights to catch up some key trends and updates.

October is Health Literacy Month, a time to draw awareness to the need for health literacy as well as how we can improve it. Approximately 80 million adults in the United States are estimated to have a lower health literacy and the senior population tends to be impacted at a significantly higher rate. In these Essential Insights, hear from Harvard lecturer Rima E. Rudd, ScD, and Dr. Jane Jih, an assistant professor and co-director of the Multiethnic Health Equity Research Center at the University of California, San Francisco, on what specifically providers in the acute and post-acute space can do to open the doors to improving health literacy for their senior patients.