The Medicare Open Enrollment Period (OEP) starts in exactly one month; October 15^th thru December 7^th.

Get ready. How?

Any day now, you’ll be getting Annual Notice of Change letters from your Medicare Advantage Plan, Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan, or both.

Writing for Fortune August 26^th, Richard Eisenberg explains why this year, those Notice of Change letters may be more important than ever. This is really good stuff; click HERE and read!!

Let me draw your attention to another article - written just days ago by Jakob Emerson, for Becker’s - warning of the “great disruption” coming for Medicare Advantage. If you or anyone you know is Medicare eligible, THIS is another must read. 

In summary, premium increases, plan design and drug formulary changes will be omnipresent.

That just opens the door for a deluge of commercials promising tantalizing alternatives. Who will it be this year? I mean, is Joe Namath even still alive? 

Anyway, here’s a better idea. 

Why not check options for yourself at https://www.medicare.gov/plan-compare/#/?year=2024&lang=en

I close by noting the juxtaposition of political ads promising lower drug costs and those letters notifying you of premium increases.

Kinda like squeezing a balloon!