Medicare Advantage

Sizing up Medicare in Revere: how many plan choices Suffolk County has for 2027

For 2027, Revere is looking at 50 Medicare Advantage plans: 12 new, 14 gone since 2026, and 24 still here but changed on premium, deductible, plan type or name, 3 of them under a new name. Below, how the lineup shifted in Suffolk County and what to compare, with no plan ranked or recommended.

Medicare AdvantageRevere, MA

Revere, Mass. — If you are shopping for Medicare coverage in Revere this fall, the first useful thing to know is not which plan to pick — it is how big the menu actually is. For 2027, the pool of options serving this corner of Greater Boston is substantial, and understanding the count is a good starting point before you compare anything.

Revere is in Suffolk County, where 47 Medicare Advantage plans are available for 2027, according to CMS Medicare Advantage and Part D Landscape data. Eleven carriers offer Medicare Advantage plans in the county. Compared with 2026, 35 plans are continuing, 12 are new, 14 are not returning, and 3 have been renamed; 21 of the continuing plans change something in their terms, and the details are in each plan's Annual Notice of Change. Stand-alone Part D drug plans are counted separately at the state and regional level, so plan counts for those come from a different CMS list.

Why the number of plans matters (a little)

A bigger menu is not automatically better. What the count does tell you is that most Revere residents will have real choices to sort through — not just one or two options. With 52 Medicare Advantage plans in Suffolk County and 10 carriers offering MA-PD coverage, you can expect variety in networks, drug formularies, and plan types (HMOs, PPOs, and special needs plans). The trade-off is that comparing them takes time.

About 104,159 people age 65 or older live in Suffolk County, so this is a market carriers pay attention to. That is part of why the plan count is what it is.

How the counts break down

• Medicare Advantage plans in Suffolk County: 52
• Carriers offering MA-PD: 10
• Stand-alone Part D plans in the county's landscape file: 0 (Part D drug-only plans are listed at the regional level; Massachusetts falls in a multi-state Part D region, and those plans are counted there)
• Contracts in the area rated 4 stars or higher: 0 in the current landscape file for this county

Star Ratings are CMS's 1-to-5 quality measure for Medicare Advantage and Part D contracts. They are meant to help you compare, not to steer you toward any one plan. The absence of 4-star-or-higher contracts in this specific area count reflects how CMS rates the contracts that serve the county for this cycle; ratings can shift year to year.

What "available in the county" really means

Medicare plan availability is set by CMS at the county level, not by ZIP code or city. So when you see "52 plans in Suffolk County," that is the pool a Revere resident can choose from. Two neighbors on the same street generally see the same Medicare Advantage lineup, though their personal costs and doctor networks may look different once they run their own numbers on Medicare's Plan Finder at medicare.gov.

If you have Original Medicare and want a stand-alone Part D drug plan instead of Medicare Advantage, those plans are sold across a multi-state region that includes Massachusetts. You will see that separate list when you search on medicare.gov.

Dates and program facts worth writing down

• Annual Enrollment Period: Oct. 15 – Dec. 7. Changes made during this window take effect Jan. 1.
• Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment: Jan. 1 – March 31, for people already in a Medicare Advantage plan.
• Part D out-of-pocket cap: $2,100 in 2026 and $2,400 in 2027. Once you hit that amount in covered drug costs, you pay nothing more for covered prescriptions for the rest of the year.
• Part D maximum deductible: $615 in 2026 and $700 in 2027.
• Coverage gap: The old "donut hole" is gone as of 2025. Part D now has three phases.
• Medicare Prescription Payment Plan: Optional. Lets you spread your drug costs across the calendar year in monthly installments instead of paying at the pharmacy counter.
• IRMAA: Higher-income surcharges on Part B and Part D premiums start above $109,000 for a single filer in 2026.

How to actually sort through 52 plans

You do not have to read 52 brochures. A shorter path:

1. Make a list of your prescriptions, preferred doctors, and preferred hospitals. 2. Go to medicare.gov/plan-compare, enter your ZIP code, and let the tool filter plans that cover your drugs and include your providers in-network. 3. Look at total expected yearly costs, not just the premium. 4. Call your local SHIP (State Health Insurance Assistance Program) for free, unbiased help. In Massachusetts, that program is called SHINE.