{"id":26397,"date":"2026-08-12T09:13:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T13:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=26397"},"modified":"2026-08-12T09:13:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T13:13:51","slug":"coverage-changes-could-leave-rural-markets-with-fewer-choices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=26397","title":{"rendered":"Coverage changes could leave rural markets with fewer choices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Open Enrollment happens from October 15 \u2013 December 7 and is the time each year when you can make changes to your coverage. The changes you make during Open Enrollment are effective January 1 of next year. Some Medicare beneficiaries will find themselves with fewer options during this time. Why? Jessica Hall, writing for MarketWatch, writes about how many seniors could be affected by health insurers dumping Medicare Advantage plans. Read Ms. Hall\u2019s article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/health-insurers-are-dumping-medicare-advantage-plans-heres-how-many-seniors-could-be-affected-646b4e99\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/health-insurers-are-dumping-medicare-advantage-plans-heres-how-many-seniors-could-be-affected-646b4e99\">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>Open Enrollment happens from October 15 \u2013 December 7 and is the time each year when you can make changes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14818,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,21,9,587],"tags":[80,503,385,238,62,94],"class_list":["post-26397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cms","category-health-care-finance","category-medicare-advantage","category-rural-health","tag-cms","tag-health-insurance-companies","tag-healthcare-costs","tag-healthcare-finance","tag-medicare-advantage","tag-older-adults"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26397","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=26397"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26398,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26397\/revisions\/26398"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}