2018 Medicare Advantage Plans in California

Improvements in Medicare in California 2018

Medicare continues to offer seniors and people with disabilities flexibility and choices while providing high quality healthcare services. Whether through Original Medicare (Parts A and B), Medicare Advantage, or the prescription drug benefit (Part D), 5,941,514 beneficiaries in California continue to have access to the benefits that Medicare offers.

In California in 2018:

•266 Medicare Advantage plans are available

•97 percent of people with Medicare have access to a Medicare Advantage plan

•25 Medicare prescription drug plans are available

•84 percent of people with a Medicare prescription drug plan have access to a plan with a lower premium than what they paid in 2017

•35 percent of people with Medicare prescription drug plan get Extra Help (also called the low-income subsidy, or LIS)

•$19.70 is the lowest monthly premium for a Medicare prescription drug plan