2025 Medicare Beneficiaries' Knowledge of Their Right to File a Complaint or an Appeal Preliminary Estimates PUF

Provides an overview of Medicare beneficiaries’ knowledge of their right to file a complaint or an appeal with Medicare. The dataset aggregates information by demographics, presence of chronic conditions, and health status.

Among Medicare beneficiaries living in the community in 2025:

• 54 percent knew how to file a complaint or appeal with Medicare.
• Beneficiaries in good to excellent health were more likely to know how to file a complaint or appeal with Medicare (55 percent) compared with beneficiaries in fair to poor health (49 percent).
• For prior year estimates, see the 2024 Medicare Beneficiaries’ Knowledge of Their Right to File a Complaint or an Appeal PUF or visit the MCBS website for additional historical data.