Category: Medicare
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About 20.8 million people on Original Medicare Part B without Medicaid premium help or IRMAA are getting a one-time $90 rebate this month, and CMS says Medicare Advantage enrollees do not qualify
About 20.8 million people on Original Medicare Part B are getting a one-time $90 rebate this month, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services says people enrolled in Medicare Advantage do not qualify. CMS states the payment in one line: “Eligible beneficiaries will receive one $90 rebate in October 2026.” The money comes from…
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Four new Medicare Advantage insurers start selling 2027 plans, including the Muscogee (Creek) Nation in 11 Oklahoma counties and St. Luke’s in seven Idaho counties
Four organizations are entering the Medicare Advantage market for 2027, and one is a tribal nation and two are health systems rather than long-established insurers. The Muscogee (Creek) Nation is offering a plan in 11 Oklahoma counties, and St. Luke’s Health System of Boise is offering one in seven Idaho counties. Open enrollment for 2027…
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CHRISTUS Medicare Advantage members who miss the December 7 deadline can still switch until February 28, but Plus and Complete enrollees lose drug coverage after December 31 unless they join a new Medicare Advantage plan by then
CHRISTUS Health Plan is ending its Medicare Advantage plans on December 31, 2026, and members have until December 7 to pick new coverage that starts January 1. Anyone who misses that date gets a second window, a special enrollment period that runs December 8, 2026 through February 28, 2027. For members of the Plus and…
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People in Medicare Advantage plans that are leaving Medicare have the right to buy Medigap Plan G or seven other plans until 63 days after their coverage ends
Anyone whose Medicare Advantage plan is leaving Medicare has a right to buy a Medigap policy, and the window to use it is time-limited. Medicare.gov says the choices are Plan A, B, C, D, F, G, K or L, sold by an insurance company in the person’s state. That is Plan G plus seven others,…
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Martin’s Point has 41,528 Medicare Advantage plan terminations in Maine for 2027, among 49,297 cancellations statewide, and members have until December 7 to choose
Medicare Advantage plans are being cut across Maine for 2027, and one insurer accounts for most of it. Martin’s Point Health Care has 41,528 plan terminations in the state, about 63 percent of its plans, according to an October edition of the Medicare Market Insights newsletter. The Maine Bureau of Insurance counts 49,297 Medicare Advantage…
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About 3.16 million Medicare Advantage members are in plans ending for 2027, an analysis of CMS files finds, and open enrollment to choose new coverage runs until December 7
Roughly 3.16 million people in individual Medicare Advantage plans are in plans that are being terminated for 2027. The exact count is 3,156,598 enrollees, or 10.6 percent of the individual market, according to Medicare Market Insights, a firm that tallies federal plan files. Open enrollment, the stretch for picking replacement coverage, runs October 15 through…
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Medicare’s Part B late penalty adds 10% to the monthly premium for each full 12 months a person could have had Part B but did not sign up
Medicare charges a permanent surcharge to people who skip Part B when they were first able to have it. The rule is simple and the math adds up fast: an extra 10% on the monthly premium for each full 12 months a person could have had Part B but did not sign up. With Medicare…
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Humana Basic Rx drug plan members in 28 states who paid no premium in 2026 and get no Extra Help face 2027 premium increases of $6.30 to $30.60 a month if they keep the plan, an analysis of CMS data finds
Medicare members who pay nothing for a Humana Basic Rx drug plan this year will pay something in 2027 if they stay put. A KFF analysis of the 2026 and 2027 Medicare plan landscape files from CMS finds that Humana Basic Rx enrollees in 28 states face increases of $6.30 to $30.60 a month. The…
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People leaving Medicare Advantage for Original Medicare during open enrollment get no federal guarantee of a Medigap policy unless a trial right or plan exit applies
Medicare’s fall open enrollment runs from October 15 to December 7, 2026, and it lets people drop a Medicare Advantage plan and go back to Original Medicare. What the switch does not come with is a promise that a private insurer will sell a Medigap supplement to the person making it. Medicare.gov says plainly that…
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Fifteen insurers capped enrollment in 65 Medicare Advantage plans for 2027, one at just 410 members, and a plan that fills up must turn away new applicants
Fifteen insurers have set enrollment caps on 65 of their Medicare Advantage plans for 2027, and the smallest cap is 410 members. Once a capped plan reaches its limit, it cannot accept another applicant until space opens up. Medicare’s annual enrollment period runs through December 7, 2026, so a plan picked late in the season…