Medicare

[joel]

What percent of those that have Medicare also have voluntary supplemental coverage?

[lvena]

Doubt if anyone tracks that type of information, would seem to be impossible.

[GMK]

http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/health/fs149_medicare.pdf

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=5&cad=rja&ved=0CF4QFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ahip.org%2FMedigap-2012.aspx&ei=waPvUoLnJKSsyAGF24D4BQ&usg=AFQjCNHfUIMTFKFc40qUkvvWtL6V7C48PQ&bvm=bv.60444564,d.aWc

There's more if you google: percentage medicare supplemental

[GBurns]

What sort of coverage is provided by these voluntary supplemental policies?

[lvena]

Doubt if anyone tracks that type of information, would seem to be impossible.

Ignore my answer, sorry. I thought you were asking about all voluntary type (accident, dental, etc. ) plans, not supplemental. I did not read the question correctly.

[masteff]

I would suggest searching on medigap rather than medicare supplement as it appears that cms.gov uses the term "supplementary medical insurance" in reference to Medicare Part B and you can accidentally wind up w/ the wrong statistic.

That said, GMK's second link is what I would use as for the answer.

@GBurns - medigap is generally regulated as to coverages: http://www.medicare.gov/supplement-other-insurance/compare-medigap/compare-medigap.html