{"id":112207,"date":"2025-11-03T00:54:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T00:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/112207\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T00:54:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T00:54:07","slug":"iowans-face-changes-to-medicare-plans-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/112207\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowans face changes to Medicare plans | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(KMAland) &#8212; New data show nearly half of Americans have made a health care decision they regret because they did not have the information they needed to make an informed choice.<\/p>\n<p>Health officials are reminding Iowans to review their existing Medicare plans and prepare for changes in 2026. The Edelman 2025 Trust Barometer showed 43% of people\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edelman.com\/sites\/g\/files\/aatuss191\/files\/2025-04\/2025%20Edelman%20Trust%20Barometer%20Trust%20and%20Health%20FINAL.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">regret a health care choice<\/a>\u00a0they&#8217;ve made after realizing they didn&#8217;t have accurate information.<\/p>\n<p>Kristin Griffith, director of the Senior Health Insurance Information Program and the Senior Medicare Patrol for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/shiip.iowa.gov\/about-shiip-smp\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Insurance Division<\/a>\u00a0of the State of Iowa, said it is important to review your coverage because insurance companies have renegotiated their contracts with Medicare.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That new contract is going to have changes, usually in everything from what prescriptions are covered, what the premiums are,&#8221; Griffith outlined. &#8220;If it&#8217;s a Medicare advantage plan there are probably going to be changes to networks and providers and whose covered.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Center for Medicare Services said beneficiaries could collectively save as much as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cms.gov\/newsroom\/fact-sheets\/medicare-drug-price-negotiation-program-negotiated-prices-initial-price-applicability-year-2026\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">$5.1 billion<\/a>\u00a0in 2026, with out-of-pocket drug costs now capped at $2,100 under Medicare Part D plans.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Rhonda Randall, chief medical officer and executive vice president of UnitedHealthcare Employer and Individual, said it is important to understand the different options available through Medicare when choosing a plan.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The difference between original Medicare and Medicare Advantage, differences between Medicare parts A, B, C and D, for example,&#8221; Randall explained.<\/p>\n<p>The Medicare open enrollment period began Oct. 15 and runs until Dec. 7.<\/p>\n<p>                                Thank you for reading kmaland.com<\/p>\n<p style=\" \">At KMA, we attempt to be accurate in our reporting. If you see a typo or mistake in a story, please contact us by emailing kmaradio@kmaland.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(KMAland) &#8212; New data show nearly half of Americans have made a health care decision they regret because&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112208,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[163,521,85,46,58768,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-112207","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-healthcare","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-local_news","13":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}