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flag Medicare Advantage plans received extra billions due to differing billing practices, study finds.

flag Medicare Advantage plans received an extra $33 billion in revenue in 2021 due to differences in how they bill compared to traditional Medicare. flag UnitedHealth Group alone received nearly $14 billion of this excess. flag The study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, analyzed data from 2015 to 2021 and found Medicare Advantage plans bill more for diagnoses. flag This billing discrepancy may lead to higher costs for beneficiaries. flag The U.S. government has also announced a 5.06% increase in Medicare Advantage payments for 2026, benefiting major insurers like UnitedHealth and Humana.

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