With medicare's annual enrollment period days away, higher costs and benefit changes top beneficiaries' concerns

Medicare sustainability is a top-three voting issue for 84% of medicare beneficiaries, according to ehealth original research austin, texas , oct. 8, 2024 /prnewswire/ -- with medicare's annual enrollment period starting next week, new research from ehealth, inc. (nasdaq: ehth) (ehealth.com), a leading private online health insurance marketplace, finds that beneficiaries are entering what is expected to be one of the most disruptive annual enrollment periods in years fearful of cost increases and changes to their benefits. in a survey of more than 1,200 medicare beneficiaries, ehealth identified enrollees' top-three fears: 73% are worried about their out-of-pocket costs 53% are worried about changes to their medicare plan benefits 50% are  worried about their prescription drug coverage "many medicare advantage and part d plan enrollees could see significant changes to out-of-pocket costs and core and supplemental benefits in 2025," said ehealth ceo fran soistman.
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