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Navigating the maze of Medicare choices

Aggressive, deceptive advertising and weak government help options don't help

Grace McCormack, University of Southern California and Melissa Garrido, Boston University, The Conversation
Posted 2/16/26

The 67 million Americans eligible for Medicare make an important decision every October: Should they make changes in their Medicare health insurance plans for the next calendar year?

The decision is complicated. Medicare has an enormous variety of coverage options, with large and varying implications for people’s health and finances, both as beneficiaries and taxpayers. And the decision is consequential – some choices lock beneficiaries out of traditional Medicare.

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