While CMS is taking steps this year to make shopping on insurance marketplaces easier, Medicare beneficiaries are looking for additional ways to shop for coverage, according to a report from eHealth.
The report, which surveyed 6,400 consumers and 15 insurers, found that 69 percent of Medicare beneficiaries want options beside government-run marketplaces to look for and enroll in coverage, according to a Nov. 4 news release on the report.
Over half (54 percent) of respondents said they believe that the government should not hold a monopoly on health insurance enrollment through marketplaces — and 54 percent also said they would support a public option health plan that competed with private insurers.