Medicare Annual Enrollment Starts Tuesday. Will There Be Drama?

[Northeast Agent]

Medicare Annual Enrollment Starts Tuesday. Will There Be Drama? | ThinkAdvisor

Agents, brokers and clients are bracing for fewer plan options and stingier benefits in many markets.

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A web broker’s thoughts: Executives at eHealth, a web broker, have been asking the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to address confusion over plan menu changes by extending the annual enrollment period.

The company also found support for the idea that satisfaction with Medicare could influence the outcome of the November elections: 84% of the participants said the future of the Medicare program was one of their top three voting priorities this year.

 

[axeman462]

please don't extend it. 67 days is plenty

 

[DS4]

1 day would be fine with me

 

[GoPokes]

We should play devils advocate, and ask them to shorten it. Then CMS would have to convince us it's already a short window, and then we easily get them to lengthen it.