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News Briefs: Humana Lowers MA Growth Estimate | Jan. 7, 2022

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    Humana Inc. said it is decreasing its net membership growth estimate for its individual Medicare Advantage products, sending the insurer’s stock tumbling. In a Jan. 6 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Humana said it now expects to add 150,000 to 200,000 members to its individual MA plans in 2022, down from a range of 325,000 to 375,000 members. The company said its revised estimate “is primarily attributable to higher than anticipated terminations during the AEP [annual election period], combined with the expectation of higher than originally projected terminations for the remainder of 2022.” Read more
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    Leslie has been working in journalism since 2009 and reporting on the health care industry since 2014. She has covered the many ups and downs of the Affordable Care Act exchanges, the failed health insurer mega-mergers, and hundreds of other storylines spanning subjects such as Medicaid managed care, Medicare Advantage, employer-sponsored insurance, and prescription drug coverage. As the managing editor of Health Plan Weekly and Radar on Drug Benefits, she writes and edits for both publications while overseeing a small team of reporters who also focus on the managed care sector. Before joining AIS Health, she was a senior editor for the e-newsletter Fierce Health Payer, and she started her career as a copy editor at multiple local newspapers. She graduated with a dual degree in journalism and political science from Penn State University.

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