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Medicare open enrollment: the plan details worth rechecking each fall

Drug lists, provider networks and cost-sharing can change from year to year, even when a plan’s name does not.

By Ruth Calloway

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Hands holding reading glasses over insurance and benefits statements.
Plan comparison often happens at a kitchen table, paperwork spread out.

Plans send an annual notice of changes each fall. Reading it alongside a current list of medications and doctors is the core of a review.

Drug lists, provider networks and cost-sharing can change from year to year, even when a plan’s name does not.

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About the author

Ruth Calloway · Health Costs Writer

Ruth Calloway writes about how households pay for medical care, from insurance statements and prescription costs to Medicare plan choices.