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As Medicare Enrollment Nears, Popular Price Comparison Tool Is Missing

By Susan Jaffe  | Kaiser Health News | October 8, 2019 | This article also ran in the

Millions of older adults can start signing up next week for private policies offering Medicare drug and medical coverage for 2020. But many risk wasting money and even jeopardizing their health care due to changes in Medicare’s plan finder, its most popular website. 

 For more than a decade, beneficiaries used the plan finder to compare dozens of Medicare policies offered by competing insurance companies and get a list of their options. Yet after a website redesign six weeks ago, the search results are missing crucial details: How much will you pay out-of-pocket? And which plan offers the best value?  [Continued at Kaiser Health News, San Francisco

 Chronicle  Chicago Tribune and The Seattle Times]