N o ve m b e r 12, 2014
®*'* $îortlanh (Obstruer
Improved Medicare Plans
Good choices as
open enrollment
begins
by
M arilyn
T avenner
ings are designed to help people
with Medicare, their families, and
caregivers compare plans, in addi­
tion to information on their premi­
ums and benefits.
This year, people with Medicare
who choose to enroll in a Medicare
health or prescription drug plan will
have access to more high-rated, four-
and five-star plans than ever before.
Approximately 60 percent of Medi­
care Advantage enrollees are in a
Medicare Advantage Plan earning
four or more stars in 2015, compared
to an estimated 17 percent back in
2009. Likewise, about 53 percent of
Part D enrollees are currently en­
rolled in stand-alone prescription
drug plans with four or more stars
for 2015, compared to just 16 per­
cent in 2009.
If you have M edicare and need
a s s is ta n c e , y o u c an v is it
M edicare.gov, call 1-800-633-
4227, or contact your State Health
Insurance A ssistance Program .
You should have received the 2015
“M edicare & You” Handbook and
im portant notices from your cur­
rent plan, M edicare, or Social Se­
curity about changes to your cov­
erage.
Medicare is working hard to make
sure that seniors and people with
disabilities will continue to get the
health care coverage they deserve.
Now is the time
fo r people with
Medicare to review their current
Medicare coverage, as Medicare
Open Enrollment is underway with
a Dec. 7 deadline to make any
changes.
M edicare wants everyone to
know that quality continues to im­
prove both in Medicare Advantage
and in the Part D Prescription Drug
Program.
Each year, plan costs and cover­
age can change. During open en­
rollment, seniors and people with
disabilities across the country have
the opportunity to review their cur­
rent Medicare coverage and see if
they want to make any changes for
the next year. It’s important for
people with Medicare to take the
time to make sure their current situ­
ation still meets their health care
needs best.
To help people choose a plan,
Medicare calculates plan “star rat­
ings” for Medicare health and pre­
scription drug plans. Each plan gets
a number of stars on a scale of 1 to
Marilyn Tavenner is the Centers
5— with 5 being the best—based on fo r Medicare & Medicaid Services
quality and performance. These rat­ administrator.
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