So Now They Want Medicare Advantage Enrollment As The Default

The Trump administration's CMS is considering default enrollment of seniors in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, which could expose beneficiaries to increased risks of fraud, data breaches, and financial exploitation. The policy shift affects 65+ million Medicare beneficiaries, raising concerns about consent, privacy, and systemic security vulnerabilities in MA plan infrastructure.

Chris Klomp, the Trump administration’s director of Medicare and deputy administrator of CMS, told STAT last month that enrolling seniors in Medicare Advantage plans by default “is something that we’re thinking through.” MA plans are funded by the federal gov…