Medigap: Low-Income and Rural Medicare Beneficiaries

·         Thirty-three (33) percent of Medigap policyholders resided in rural areas in 2011; by comparison, 23 percent of all Medicare beneficiaries resided in rural areas.

·         Forty-six (46) percent of all Medigap policyholders and 57 percent of rural Medigap policyholders had annual incomes of $30,000 or less.

·         Ninety-four (94) percent of rural Medigap policyholders and 90 percent of all Medigap policyholders had incomes of $50,000 or less.

Source: America's Health Insurance Plans, Center for Policy and Research