Medicare Advantage

Medicare Advantage changes in Grand Prairie for 2027: plans leaving, plans arriving

If you have a Medicare Advantage plan in Grand Prairie, this fall's mail matters more than usual. For plan year 2027, Dallas County — the county Grand Prairie sits in — will see 29 Medicare Advantage plans leave, 20 new plans arrive, and 9 plans keep their coverage but change their name. Another 22 plans are staying but changing on things like premium, deductible, plan type or name. Fifty-five plans continue as they are.

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That means roughly one in three plans offered in the county in 2026 will look different, be renamed, or disappear in 2027. Here is what to check, and when.

What is changing in Dallas County for 2027

Plan availability in Medicare Advantage is set at the county level, so Grand Prairie is in Dallas County, where the CMS Medicare Advantage Landscape files show these year-over-year shifts:

• 29 plans leaving after December 31, 2026.
• 20 plans new for 2027.
• 9 plans renamed (same plan, different name on your card and paperwork).
• 22 plans changing on premium, deductible, plan type or name (the Annual Notice of Change tells you the specifics).
• 55 plans continuing without those changes.

At the carrier level, American Health Advantage of Texas will not offer plans in the county next year. Texas Independence Health Plan is new to the county for 2027.

The table on this page lists every plan; if you want to see whether your specific plan is on the "leaving," "new" or "renamed" list, that is the place to check.

Plans that are leaving after 2026

If you are enrolled in one of these plans, you will need to make a choice for 2027. In alphabetical order by carrier:

• Aetna (CVS Health): Aetna Medicare Enhanced (PPO)
• American Health Advantage of Texas: American Health Advantage of Texas (HMO I-SNP)
• Baylor Scott & White Health Plan: BSW SeniorCare Advantage Essentials (HMO-POS)
• Blue Cross Blue Shield (HCSC): Blue Cross Medicare Advantage Choice Plus (PPO), Blue Cross Medicare Advantage Choice Premier (PPO), Blue Cross Medicare Advantage Classic (PPO), Blue Cross Medicare Advantage Dental Premier (PPO), Blue Cross Medicare Advantage Dental Value (HMO), Blue Cross Medicare Advantage Dual Care Plus (HMO D-SNP), Blue Cross Medicare Advantage Health Choice (PPO), Blue Cross Medicare Advantage Optimum (PPO), Blue Cross Medicare Advantage Protect (PPO), Blue Cross Medicare Advantage Saver (HMO), Blue Cross Medicare Advantage Value (HMO), HealthSpring True Choice Savings (PPO)
• Centene (WellCare): Wellcare Giveback (HMO)
• Elevance Health (Anthem): Wellpoint Dual Advantage (HMO D-SNP), Wellpoint Dual Advantage 2 (HMO D-SNP), Wellpoint Full Dual Advantage (HMO D-SNP)
• Humana: Humana Gold Choice H8145-084 (PFFS), Humana USAA Honor Giveback (PPO), Humana Value Choice H5216-352 (PPO), Humana Value Choice H7617-043 (PPO)
• UnitedHealthcare: AARP Medicare Advantage from UHC TX-0005 (PPO), AARP Medicare Advantage Patriot No Rx TX-MA06 (PPO), UHC Complete Care Support TX-1A (Regional PPO C-SNP), UHC Dual Complete TX-D004 (HMO-POS D-SNP), UHC Dual Complete TX-S003 (HMO-POS D-SNP), UHC Dual Complete TX-V007 (HMO-POS D-SNP)

If your plan is on this list, your carrier is required to send you a non-renewal notice. Keep it — that notice unlocks your Special Enrollment Period.

Plans that are new for 2027

Twenty new plans are entering the county. They come from carriers already serving Dallas County — Aetna (CVS Health), Blue Cross Blue Shield (HCSC), Elevance Health (Anthem), Humana, and UnitedHealthcare — plus Texas Independence Health Plan, which is new to the county. New plan names include Aetna Medicare Signature (HMO), HealthSpring TotalCare Plus (HMO D-SNP), Wellpoint Medicare Advantage Select (HMO-POS), Humana Value Choice (PPO), Texas Independence Community Plan (HMO I-SNP), and several new UHC Dual Complete plans, among others listed in the table on this page.

New does not mean better or worse — it means new. Read the plan's Summary of Benefits and check that your doctors, hospitals and prescriptions are covered before you enroll.

Plans that are renamed

Nine plans are keeping their coverage but changing names. A rename can be confusing when your ID card arrives, but the plan is the same underlying contract. Renamed plans include, for example, Aetna Medicare Chronic Care Total (HMO C-SNP) (was Aetna Medicare Prime Chronic Total), Wellcare Superior HealthPlan Dual Access (HMO D-SNP) (was Wellcare Dual Access), and AARP Medicare Advantage from UHC TX-61 (Regional PPO) (was UHC Medicare Advantage TX-0030). The full before-and-after list is in the table on this page.

What to do — step by step

1. Read your Annual Notice of Change (ANOC). Carriers must mail it by the end of September. This is the single document that spells out how your plan will change in 2027. For the 22 plans marked as "changing," the ANOC is the only place with the specifics — we cannot describe those changes here.

2. Check the letter type. A non-renewal notice (your plan is leaving) is different from an ANOC (your plan is continuing with changes). Both matter, but the deadlines are different.

3. If your plan is leaving, use your Special Enrollment Period. People whose Medicare Advantage plan is not renewed get an SEP that runs through the end of February to enroll in another Medicare Advantage plan or return to Original Medicare (and add a Part D plan). If you do nothing, in most cases you will be returned to Original Medicare on January 1 — without drug coverage unless you add it.

4. Use the Annual Enrollment Period. October 15 through December 7 is when anyone with Medicare can switch plans for the following year. Changes take effect January 1.

5. Know about MA Open Enrollment. From January 1 through March 31, if you are already in a Medicare Advantage plan, you can switch to another Medicare Advantage plan or go back to Original Medicare (with Part D) — one change during that window.

6. Check your drugs and doctors. Even a "continuing" plan can change its formulary or network. Run your prescriptions through the plan's tool at Medicare.gov's Plan Finder.

A few figures worth knowing

These are program-wide, not plan-specific:

• The Part D out-of-pocket cap is $2,100 in 2026.
• The Part D maximum deductible is $615 in 2026 ($700 in 2027).
• The old "donut hole" coverage gap is gone; Part D now has three phases.
• The Medicare Prescription Payment Plan lets you spread your drug costs across the year in monthly amounts — optional, and you have to opt in.
• IRMAA (higher Part B and Part D premiums for higher-income beneficiaries) begins above $109,000 in income for a single filer in 2026.