According to the Affordable Care Act's website HealthInsurance.org, enrollment for Medicare in Oregon as of October 2020 stood at 888,963 people more than 20 percent of the state's total population. Oregon BHI reports that 45,359 of those people live in Deschutes County, indicating a substantial number of local residents who may have questions when it comes to enrolling in Medicare. It's easy to feel overwhelmed about aging into Medicare and the various parts of Medicare. To assist those in Central Oregon, Bancorp Insurance and Mid Oregon Credit Union have teamed up to offer an in-person educational event entitled "Medicare 101: What You Need to Know About Medicare." The event is scheduled for 6 p.m. on October 4, 2022, at Mid Oregon Credit Union's La Pine branch location at1675 Huntington Road. The workshop is no cost, and both members and non-members of the credit union are welcome to attend. Those interested in attending can register on the Mid Ore
State Sen. Laura Murphy (D-Des Plains) proposed legislation that would allow Medicare participants the opportunity to switch their plans without getting hit with less favorable terms.
Murphy s legislation would create a yearly open enrollment period that would last 45 days for Medicare supplement policyholders between 65 and 75 years old that would commence on the policyholder s birthday. If their supplemental plan rates go up, many older adults are denied the chance to switch to a less expensive plan because of a pre-existing condition. It’s time to give older Illinoisans the freedom to seek lower costs elsewhere,
The open enrollment period for policyholders would allow them to transition to a new supplemental policy under their insurance company without having to worry about being denied, underwritten, or charged based on their health condition.