1. Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries do not utilize vision, dental, or hearing benefits at higher rates than those enrolled in traditional Medicare.
2. Barriers such as cost-sharing, limited awareness, and network restrictions hinder the use of supplemental services.
3. MA plans spent more on supplemental benefits than traditional Medicare.
4. Overpayments could fund initiatives to increase enrollees' utilization of unused benefits.
5. Mid-year reminder letters for unused benefits were proposed to increase awareness and utilization.

Source: JAMA Open Network