SCAN Aims to Serve Aging LGBTQ+ Population With Affirm Product
As the Oct. 15 start date of the 2023 Medicare Annual Election Period (AEP) approached, insurers across the country this month unveiled new-and-improved benefits and major market expansions aimed at capturing share of the ever-growing Medicare Advantage market. And while Long Beach, Calif.-based SCAN Health Plan is offering enhanced benefits and pursuing new markets, it’s also gaining attention for launching a novel product specifically geared toward LGBTQ+ older adults. Company executives tell AIS Health, a division of MMIT, that the nonprofit insurer spent more than a year carefully shaping the product to ensure that it would meet the needs of the LGBTQ+ community, and it will continue to tweak the product as it gathers feedback from enrollees.