Why is Medicare Advantage doing so well in the face of budget cuts? Experts can't wrap their heads around the phenomenon.

Since Congress approved $150 billion cuts to the program as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2010, enrollment in Advantage plans has soared to 17 million, up from 11 million at the time of the bill's passage.

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