Medicare 2021 Open Enrollment

In the never-ending battle to help people with Questions that come up during Medicare Open Enrollment, I turn to my friends at Kaiser Family Foundation, specifically Juliette Cubanski

@jcubanski

Medicare open enrollment starts today, with more #MedicareAdvantage & #PartD plan options on offer for 2021. Some see this as healthy marketplace competition. Others see a confusing array of options that can make it hard for beneficiaries to find the best plan to meet their needs.

How many people do you know (besides people you know with Medicare) who have literally dozens of plan choices during their open enrollment period? By comparison, at KFF, we have two very distinct plan options, which makes it easy to understand how they differ.

Not saying that two choices is the "right" number, but maybe something between 2 and 30+? Even with the Medicare plan finder, it's not easy navigating dozens of options to find the best one, especially for people who need to see a lot of doctors or fill a lot of prescriptions.

Medicare's private plan market is a lucrative one for insurers and the Medicare population grows larger each year, making the market even more attractive. But it seems worth asking how well the market really works for beneficiaries. Is it getting too hard to be a good “consumer”?

To help during Medicare open enrollment, Juliette and the Kaiser Family Foundation have answered some common questions. In the FAQs, topics such as:

• Enrollment info for new beneficiaries
• Part D -Medicare Advantage
• Medigap
• Medicare & Marketplaces
• Low-income assistance & more are covered

Please click on the link to get answers to many common questions that will make Your Medicare Annual Enrollment season go smoothly.

Click here or the image below for more information:

David Karel
MedicareinLasVegas