About 21.4 million people are enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans, while 37.7 million rely on standard Medicare. (Image: Shutterstock)

The U.S. agency that oversees Medicare said it wil increase payments to privately run health plans for the elderly by an average of 3.4 percent next year, almost double the amount it had previously estimated.

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