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Special-needs plans grew 157% since 2020

Published 2026-11-07 · By Pushbuild · Data: Medicare Advantage Enrollment API – Plans by County, Monthly

157%Special-needs plans grew · as of 2026-11-07

Enrollment in Medicare special-needs plans rose from 3.27 million in January 2020 to 8.40 million in October 2026; other Medicare Advantage plans grew 32%. Special-needs plans now hold 23% of Medicare Advantage members.

Special-needs plan…+156.8%Other Medicare Adv…+32.4%

“Provides monthly enrollment at the contract/plan/state/county level for all organization types.”

— CMS Monthly Enrollment by Contract/Plan/State/County
Plan typeJan 2020Oct 2026Change
Special-needs plans3,272,1908,404,119+156.8%
Other Medicare Advantage20,751,96127,481,233+32.4%

Caveats

Plans flagged as SNP in CMS data: dual-eligible, chronic-condition and institutional.

Sources

Data as of 2026-11-07. Every figure in this post is in the table above and the CSV below.

Download the data behind this post: b4-ma-parent-enrollment-share.csv

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Every number in this post comes from the Medicare Advantage Enrollment API – Plans by County, Monthly. $0.0008 per row returned; every key gets $1 of free usage each month.

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  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"states": ["FL"], "maxItems": 20}'
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