Research & insights
What changed in the Medicare market, and what does it mean?
Weekly market news, policy analysis and data release notes, each linked to the analysis that lets you test it in your own markets.
Latest weekly brief
Week of September 21-27, 2026
The last full week before AEP was about scrutiny rather than products: CMS leadership told the Medicare Advantage industry's own forum that oversight continues, MedPAC defended its $76 billion overpayment estimate on the same stage, and CMS froze new ACA broker registrations.
Research topics, mapped to the live analysis
| Topic | Where to analyze it |
|---|---|
| Medicare Advantage market outlook | National trend · Market intelligence |
| D-SNP market trends | SNP enrollment · D-SNP marketing · D-SNP deployment |
| Enrollment trends | Fastest-growing counties · Share by state |
| Supplemental benefits | Benefit value erosion · Benefit changes (Lens) |
| Part B giveback | Compare plans (Lens) |
| Competitive market changes | Carrier footprint · 2026 plan exits · 2027 disruption pipeline |
| Star Ratings | Stars & performance |
| Product strategy | Product intelligence · Bid process |
| Distribution and sales | Sales intelligence · Battlecards |
| County opportunity | County explorer · Market opportunity |
| Policy and regulation | Policy impact · What changed · Regulatory library |
Research formats
- Weekly market briefOne seven-day window per issue, every item dated three ways
- Data release briefingsWhat each new CMS file changed on this site
- Policy impactRate notice, risk model and regulation, read for plans
- How to read the dataSix numbers, and how to not misread them
- Plan launch & lifecycle guidesFrom application to first AEP