What role might private insurers play if Medicare expands to cover more preventive care?

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Steve Brauer · Accepted Answer

Private insurers will play a major role if Medicare expands its preventative care coverage, like offering many more "extra services" and benefits all centered around prevention. Currently almost all Medicare Advantage Plans and private insurers have some type of dental coverage, whether that be preventative checkups and maintenance to a more robust offering of basic and major services like fillings, crowns, deep cleanings, etc.

Answered by Steve Brauer on April 13, 2025

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Ron Gambles · Answer

More than likely private insurers will lobby to set limits on that expansion.  It will also probably result in cost increases somewhere in the plan.

Daniel Maisel · Answer

The purpose of preventive care is to keep a Medicare eligible person healthy.

This preemptive care illness and/ or catching the illness before it becomes extremely serious.

That is the basis of all Medicare Advantage plans. 

Keep patients healthy.

William Scott · Answer

Private insurers play a significant role in covering more preventive care. Most Private insurers offer preventive care at no cost to its members.

Rachel Gauthier · Answer

Private insurers are already playing a signicant role in the prevention world of Medicare.  The Medicare Advantage space is managed care and has some extra benefits for those enrollements.