{"id":25498,"date":"2026-01-27T08:35:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T13:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25498"},"modified":"2026-01-27T08:35:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T13:35:57","slug":"its-important-to-know-what-to-expect-out-of-your-ma-plan-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25498","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s important to know what to expect out of your MA plan in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment Period (MA OEP) runs from January 1 to March 31 each year, allowing current Medicare Advantage enrollees to make changes to their coverage during this period. This period is specifically for individuals already enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan. But why is the period important for MA enrollees? Maurie Backman, writing for The Motley Fool, explains three ways your Medicare Advantage plan may have changed this year, and what you can do about it. Read Ms. Backman\u2019s article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/retirement\/2026\/01\/27\/3-ways-your-medicare-advantage-plan-may-have-chang\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/retirement\/2026\/01\/27\/3-ways-your-medicare-advantage-plan-may-have-chang\/\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment Period (MA OEP) runs from January 1 to March 31 each year, allowing current Medicare<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8698,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,9,15],"tags":[80,385,62,380,65,94],"class_list":["post-25498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cms","category-medicare-advantage","category-part-dprescription-drugs","tag-cms","tag-healthcare-costs","tag-medicare-advantage","tag-medicare-advantage-open-enrollment-period","tag-medicare-part-d","tag-older-adults"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25498"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25499,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25498\/revisions\/25499"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}