Health insurers are dropping Medicare Advantage plans — and nearly 3 million older Americans will be affected

Thousands of seniors are receiving notification that their Medicare Advantage plan won't be available next year, and there's nothing they can do about it except find another option.

One in 10 Medicare Advantage policyholders face forced disenrollment this year, according to an analysis by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. That's as many as 2.9 million Americans .

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In 12 states, more than one in five policyholders are losing their plan. Older Americans in Vermont will be particularly hard hit, with 92% of policyholders forced to find another option.

The first major insurer to announce its exit from multiple markets in 2027 is Humana, which is doing so for the second consecutive year. This will impact 600,000 members , Humana's CFO Celeste Mellet said during a Q2 earnings call, adding that plan exits will be used to "prioritize higher-performing plans."

During the first half of 2026, Humana reported a profit of $1.9 billion .