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Independent, plain-language guides to your Medicare choices — by state and city, kept current for 2027. Choose where you want to start.
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MA penetration from CMS enrollment data; Medigap share is an estimate. U.S. average is about 54% Medicare Advantage. These are area-level figures, not plan-specific.
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Medicare Annual/Open Enrollment, live: questions on the 2027 changes
Medicare Annual/Open Enrollment 2027 live, day 5, evening: Medicare Advantage changes by state. Starts Oct. 19, 2026, 7 p.m. ET. Program-level information only; no plan is recommended.
Medicare Advantage for 2027: what is changing in your state
Open/Annual Enrollment runs Oct. 15 to Dec. 7 (the dates and what you can change). For every state and county: the plans leaving, new or changing for 2027, and the plans Medicare rates 4 stars or higher in its 2027 Star Ratings. “Top-rated” is CMS’s rating, not ours.
Plan changes for 2027: nationally and by state · Top-rated plans by state (2027 CMS Star Ratings)
- Alabamaplan changes · top-rated plans
- Arizonaplan changes · top-rated plans
- Arkansasplan changes · top-rated plans
- Californiaplan changes · top-rated plans
- Coloradoplan changes · top-rated plans
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- Delawareplan changes · top-rated plans
- District of Columbiaplan changes · top-rated plans
- Floridaplan changes · top-rated plans
- Georgiaplan changes · top-rated plans
- Hawaiiplan changes · top-rated plans
- Idahoplan changes · top-rated plans
- Illinoisplan changes · top-rated plans
- Indianaplan changes · top-rated plans
- Iowaplan changes · top-rated plans
- Kansasplan changes · top-rated plans
- Kentuckyplan changes · top-rated plans
- Louisianaplan changes · top-rated plans
- Maineplan changes · top-rated plans
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- Massachusettsplan changes · top-rated plans
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- Mississippiplan changes · top-rated plans
- Missouriplan changes · top-rated plans
- Montanaplan changes · top-rated plans
- Nebraskaplan changes · top-rated plans
- Nevadaplan changes · top-rated plans
- New Hampshireplan changes · top-rated plans
- New Jerseyplan changes · top-rated plans
- New Mexicoplan changes · top-rated plans
- New Yorkplan changes · top-rated plans
- North Carolinaplan changes · top-rated plans
- North Dakotaplan changes · top-rated plans
- Ohioplan changes · top-rated plans
- Oklahomaplan changes · top-rated plans
- Oregonplan changes · top-rated plans
- Pennsylvaniaplan changes · top-rated plans
- Puerto Ricoplan changes · top-rated plans
- Rhode Islandplan changes · top-rated plans
- South Carolinaplan changes · top-rated plans
- South Dakotaplan changes · top-rated plans
- Tennesseeplan changes · top-rated plans
- Texasplan changes · top-rated plans
- Utahplan changes · top-rated plans
- Vermontplan changes · top-rated plans
- Virginiaplan changes · top-rated plans
- Washingtonplan changes · top-rated plans
- West Virginiaplan changes · top-rated plans
- Wisconsinplan changes · top-rated plans
- Wyomingplan changes
Latest news
- Wyoming Medicare 2027: 6 Plans Leaving
- Louisiana Medicare 2027: 20 Plans Leaving, 33 New
- Connecticut Medicare 2027: 17 Plans Leaving, 18 New
- Vermont Medicare 2027: 2 New Advantage Plans
- North Dakota Medicare 2027: 11 Plans Leaving, 5 New
- South Dakota Medicare 2027: 10 Plans Leaving, 11 New
- Rhode Island Medicare 2027: 1 Plans Leaving
- Delaware Medicare 2027: 3 Plans Leaving, 4 New
- Montana Medicare 2027: 12 Plans Leaving, 3 New
- New Hampshire Medicare 2027: 8 Plans Leaving, 9 New
- Hawaii Medicare 2027: 6 Plans Leaving, 8 New
- Maine Medicare 2027: 14 Plans Leaving, 12 New
- Idaho Medicare 2027: 14 Plans Leaving, 10 New
- Nebraska Medicare 2027: 18 Plans Leaving, 16 New
- West Virginia Medicare 2027: 11 Plans Leaving, 12 New
- New Mexico Medicare 2027: 27 Plans Leaving, 15 New
- Utah Medicare 2027: 8 Plans Leaving, 4 New
- Kansas Medicare 2027: 23 Plans Leaving, 16 New
- Mississippi Medicare 2027: 10 Plans Leaving, 19 New
- Arkansas Medicare 2027: 20 Plans Leaving, 13 New
- Nevada Medicare 2027: 21 Plans Leaving, 14 New
- Oklahoma Medicare 2027: 14 Plans Leaving, 13 New
- Iowa Medicare 2027: 18 Plans Leaving, 19 New
- Kentucky Medicare 2027: 21 Plans Leaving, 30 New
- Oregon Medicare 2027: 31 Plans Leaving, 25 New
- Alabama Medicare 2027: 10 Plans Leaving, 25 New
- Colorado Medicare 2027: 30 Plans Leaving, 27 New
- Minnesota Medicare 2027: 35 Plans Leaving, 19 New
- South Carolina Medicare 2027: 5 Plans Leaving, 7 New
- Wisconsin Medicare 2027: 15 Plans Leaving, 11 New