My current Medicare Advantage plan was listed in the Medicare and You 2014 booklet.
Today, I got a letter from the Insurance company. It said that my plan would not longer be available for 2014.
So much for ‘keeping your existing plan’.
After going through the Medicare website and the booklet, and knowing that my doctor’s clinic will not accept plans from a couple of companies, I am down to about 2 choices — one with an included drug plan and one with out the drug plan, so a separate drug plan would have to be purchased.
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Ironically, last year (2012 for 2013) I got a letter from Medicare. It stated that my current insurance was not rated and I should enroll in Plan X. Plan X happened to be from AARP. Soon thereafter, I got a letter from my insurance company stating that they were fully approved to provide their plans.
I thought it curious that Medicare was basically endorsing and almost demanding I change to the AARP plan.
Who says there isn’t collusion with these things?
That’s because AARP got Medicare Advantage eliminated in exchange for their support for the ACA. That will allow AARP’s Medicare supplement plan to have less competition.