Time to evaluate Medicare Advantage Plans

by Tammy Worth, Special to the LA Times

It's a good idea for seniors enrolled in private Medicare Advantage plans to review their choices every year for possible changes, experts say.

Two years ago, Ruth Collins found herself in a quandary. The primary-care doctor she'd been seeing for 17 years was not covered by her Medicare Advantage plan, a private Medicare plan. Instead, her health insurer tried to send her to other physicians and the insurers wouldn't accept some charges by the provider.

Luckily, there were other options for Collins. She switched to a different Medicare Advantage plan and can now see her doctor in San Bernardino, where she lives. She's happy with the change and has decided to stick with the same plan next year.

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