{"id":4723,"date":"2026-07-06T09:09:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T09:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=4723"},"modified":"2026-07-06T09:09:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T09:09:05","slug":"these-medicare-beneficiaries-thought-their-drug-plan-was-free-then-they-lost-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=4723","title":{"rendered":"These Medicare beneficiaries thought their drug plan was free. Then they lost it"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Jude Pare and his partner, Diane Tix, live in rural Minnesota until temperatures dip below freezing, when they take refuge in Arizona for the winter. While away, their mail is forwarded. But Pare, 77, said he didn&#8217;t receive any warning from his Medicare prescription drug plan that his $0 monthly premium was about to increase.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=4711\">The U.S. faces Belgium in the World Cup on the heels of Trump-Infantino red card call<\/a><\/p> <p>So he didn&#8217;t know he had a bill to pay. After he and Tix returned home to Minnesota in April, they got a letter from Wellcare, the insurer that provided his drug plan, saying his coverage had been terminated after three months of unpaid premiums totaling $28.80. Under Medicare&#8217;s rules, he can&#8217;t enroll in a plan again until the fall, for coverage beginning in 2027.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Medicare Advantage Majority has spent more than $3.1 million on hundreds of Facebook ads since September 2024, according to Facebook\u2019s Ad Library, a database of the company\u2019s online ads. (Eric Harkleroad\/KFF Health News)\" class=\"wp-image-4718\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ea4e43eb4ca38d3314d3f28b85a1b38c-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ea4e43eb4ca38d3314d3f28b85a1b38c-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ea4e43eb4ca38d3314d3f28b85a1b38c-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ea4e43eb4ca38d3314d3f28b85a1b38c.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n <div>\n<h3>Health <\/h3>\n<h3>Medicare Advantage &#8216;dark money&#8217; group tries to win higher payments for insurers<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n<\/div>\n<!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n<\/div>\n<!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5879413-100\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" -->\n<p>Pare takes Xarelto, a blood thinner that reduces his risk of strokes, blood clots, and pulmonary embolism. &#8220;He could bleed to death without it,&#8221; Tix said. A 90-day supply of the drug costs about $1,800 using a coupon from GoodRx, a discount drug website, she said.<\/p> <p>Pare is among tens of thousands of Medicare beneficiaries who were on Wellcare&#8217;s Value Script drug plan who will likely go without prescription drug coverage for the rest of the year because they didn&#8217;t pay premiums for three months.<\/p> <p>Next year, thousands more people in 32 states and Washington, D.C., enrolled in zero-premium drug plans from Wellcare and other insurance companies may find themselves in the same situation if their premiums go up and they don&#8217;t realize it, according to a  analysis of drug plan data. Premiums and other changes for 2027 will be unveiled in September.<\/p> <h3>Caught off guard<\/h3> <p>Going without medication can be life-threatening, especially for Medicare beneficiaries.  take one or more prescription drugs, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Almost half live with four or more chronic health conditions that can cause functional or cognitive impairments.<\/p> <div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"By the time Jude Pare and his partner, Diane Tix, found out he owed $28.80 for three months of drug plan premiums, his coverage had been canceled. He is among tens of thousands of Medicare beneficiaries who will likely go without prescription drug coverage for the rest of the year after their drug plans were canceled.\" class=\"wp-image-4719\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/79666d1020383f342b6e02f1d8e9d21e.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/79666d1020383f342b6e02f1d8e9d21e.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/79666d1020383f342b6e02f1d8e9d21e-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>\n                By the time Jude Pare and his partner, Diane Tix, found out he owed $28.80 for three months of drug plan premiums, his coverage had been canceled. He is among tens of thousands of Medicare beneficiaries who will likely go without prescription drug coverage for the rest of the year after their drug plans were canceled.\n                <b>\n                    \n                    Diane Tix\n                    \n                <\/b>\n<b><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<b><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<span>\n        \n        Diane Tix\n        \n    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Congress added prescription drug coverage to Medicare in 2003. But the coverage is administered by commercial insurance companies, which compete fiercely with one another for the business of about <u>56 million Medicare beneficiaries<\/u> enrolled in drug plans.<\/p> <div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rosa Mar\u00eda Carranza holds a microphone and others hold signs at a protest outside a courthouse.\" class=\"wp-image-4720\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/30ad1fce38f49b1b8cf315583aba2bb9-768x576.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/30ad1fce38f49b1b8cf315583aba2bb9-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/30ad1fce38f49b1b8cf315583aba2bb9-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/30ad1fce38f49b1b8cf315583aba2bb9.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n <div>\n<h3>Health <\/h3>\n<h3>She paid into Medicare for years. Trump&#8217;s immigration policy will end her coverage<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n<\/div>\n<!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n<\/div>\n<!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5879413-101\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" -->\n<p>Zero-dollar or very low monthly premiums have helped make Wellcare&#8217;s Value Script the bestselling stand-alone prescription drug plan in Medicare, with nearly 6 million customers across the U.S., according to government data. But in 26 states and Washington, D.C., some Value Script members who didn&#8217;t have to pay a premium last year were caught off guard by increases in 2026.<\/p> <p>After a two-month grace period \u2014 which Wellcare extended to three \u2014 Medicare drug plans can drop customers who don&#8217;t pay their premiums, no matter how small the amount. Some members who lost their coverage in Nevada, for example, owed as little as $8.10 for three months, according to a  analysis of Medicare drug plan data.<\/p>\n<!-- END ID=\"MID-STORY-RECOMMENDATIONS-MOUNT-PIANO\" CLASS=\"MID-STORY-RECOMMENDATIONS-MOUNT-PIANO\" ARIA-LABEL=\"RECOMMENDED STORIES\" -->\n<p>Wellcare terminated coverage for about 140,000 Value Script beneficiaries in April, according to a person with knowledge of the matter who was not authorized to speak publicly about it and feared reprisals at work for doing so. About 40,000 of the people who were dropped may be able to enroll in new coverage immediately because they have low incomes and receive financial assistance through a program Medicare calls &#8220;<u>Extra Help<\/u>.&#8221;<\/p> <p>Multiple state officials said they had heard the same disenrollment figures, including Nevada&#8217;s insurance commissioner, Ned Gaines, who chairs the National Association of Insurance Commissioners&#8217; senior issues task force; Rebecca Gouty, director of the State Health Insurance Assistance Program in West Virginia; and Tim Smolen, director of Washington state&#8217;s Statewide Health Insurance Benefits Advisors. <\/p> <p>The West Virginia and Washington initiatives are part of the federally funded <u>State Health Insurance Assistance Program<\/u> (SHIP), which provides free, unbiased help navigating Medicare.<\/p> <div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Patients navigate a maze to find their medicines at the right price.\" class=\"wp-image-4721\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/d2d02d7255eea2549bfad03160e61541-768x614.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/d2d02d7255eea2549bfad03160e61541-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/d2d02d7255eea2549bfad03160e61541-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/d2d02d7255eea2549bfad03160e61541.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n <div>\n<h3>Living Better <\/h3>\n<h3>How to navigate the maze of drug discounts to get the best price<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n<\/div>\n<!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n<\/div>\n<!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5879413-102\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" -->\n<p>The Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services, which oversees Medicare drug plans, declined to provide the number of Value Script members who lost coverage due to unpaid premiums. &#8220;The agency does not publicly provide plan-specific disenrollment figures or state-level breakdowns related to the non-payment of premiums,&#8221; Christopher Krepich, a spokesperson, said in a written statement to .<\/p> <p>Centene Corp., Wellcare&#8217;s parent company, also declined to provide disenrollment numbers.<\/p> <p>&#8220;We recognize how disruptive a loss of coverage can be and are committed to helping members understand their options,&#8221; said Sarah Baiocchi, senior vice president for specialty and prescription drug plans at Centene. She acknowledged that &#8220;some members in our Value Script plan experienced a premium for the first time, or for the first time in several years.&#8221;<\/p> <p>Baiocchi said all Value Script members received a CMS-required annual notice of changes in September, before the premium increases took effect.<\/p> <p>A <u>version of the booklet<\/u> sent to members in two states and Washington, D.C., is 21 pages long. The new premium is mentioned on pages 3 and 8, along with changes to out-of-pocket costs and how to find updates on covered drugs and network pharmacies.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Wayne Bennett lost his Medicare drug coverage because he didn\u2019t pay the premium, which was free last year but \u2014 without his knowing \u2014 went up this year. \u201cMedicare should be doing something about this so that we can go ahead and get coverage now,\u201d he says.\" class=\"wp-image-4722\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/83963005b28f065f8ef66612012bd8f3.jpg\" width=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/83963005b28f065f8ef66612012bd8f3.jpg 473w, https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/83963005b28f065f8ef66612012bd8f3-139x300.jpg 139w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>\n                Wayne Bennett lost his Medicare drug coverage because he didn&#8217;t pay the premium, which was free last year but \u2014 without his knowing \u2014 went up this year. &#8220;Medicare should be doing something about this so that we can go ahead and get coverage now,&#8221; he says.\n                <b>\n                    \n                    Wayne Bennett\n                    \n                <\/b>\n<b><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<b><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<span>\n        \n        Wayne Bennett\n        \n    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The company also informed members about 2026 premium changes through phone calls, text messages, regular mail, or email, Baiocchi said.<\/p> <p>People who are dropped are not able to reenroll or join another drug plan until the start of the open enrollment period this fall for coverage beginning Jan. 1, unless they qualify for an exception, Krepich said. <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=4705\">Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine\u2019s capital kills at least 10<\/a><\/p> <p>And because they will have gone without coverage for at least 63 days, they could be hit with a permanent <u>late-enrollment penalty<\/u> that increases every year for the rest of their lives.<\/p> <p>&#8220;Medicare should be doing something about this so that we can go ahead and get coverage now,&#8221; said Wayne Bennett, 74, who lives in Durham, North Carolina.<\/p> <p>In May, he found out that Wellcare had canceled his Value Script plan because he hadn&#8217;t paid his $3.60 monthly premiums. He takes nine prescription drugs to treat his blood pressure, glaucoma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and other health problems. He filled most of his prescriptions \u2014 including several at no cost \u2014 before he lost coverage. He doesn&#8217;t know what he&#8217;ll have to pay when his supply runs out.<\/p> <p>Gouty, the West Virginia program head, said many Medicare beneficiaries arrange for their monthly drug plan premium to be automatically deducted from their Social Security benefits, and that many likely thought that choice remained in place until they changed it.<\/p> <p>&#8220;They didn&#8217;t realize that when the plan was a zero premium in 2025, that stopped the Social Security premium deduction and they would have had to reelect it for 2026,&#8221; Gouty said.<\/p> <p>In other words, even if they mistakenly thought the premium was still zero, Medicare beneficiaries would have needed to somehow allow Social Security to make deductions \u2014 something the agency doesn&#8217;t do \u2014 or else set up a payment plan through their bank or credit card in case payment was necessary.<\/p> <p>&#8220;That sounds goofy,&#8221; Tix said.<\/p> <p>Centene&#8217;s Baiocchi blamed the Social Security Administration for the problem: &#8220;We believe this was a key driver of non-payment disenrollments and subsequent complaints.&#8221;<\/p> <p>Spokespeople for the agency referred questions about the matter to CMS.<\/p> <p>Krepich said legal requirements for drug plan enrollment and disenrollment limit what CMS can do to help beneficiaries who lose coverage for not paying their premiums.<\/p>\n<p>Now that Pare has no prescription drug coverage, his doctor replaced his blood thinner medication with a much less expensive drug that should be just as effective. Pare paid $111 for four other medications that used to be free under his Value Script plan. He hasn&#8217;t had to refill four more prescriptions yet and doesn&#8217;t know what they will cost, Tix said.<\/p> <p>If Wellcare members knew about the premium increases, they could have set up direct billing or an automatic payment plan early this year before the payment grace period ended April 1. But they would have been able to fill prescriptions during the grace period, so if they didn&#8217;t see Wellcare&#8217;s notices, they likely assumed there was no problem with their coverage.<\/p> <p>Bennett, the North Carolina man, said Wellcare used to send him text messages with health tips and reminders when it was time to pick up a prescription. He didn&#8217;t know his premium had increased from $0 to $3.60 until it was too late.<\/p> <p>&#8220;I was pretty upset,&#8221; he said, when he called the company. &#8220;The premium wasn&#8217;t that much, and I was ready to pay it right off the bat. I had my credit card out ready to make the payment.&#8221;<\/p> <p>The customer service representative wouldn&#8217;t let him pay because his coverage had been canceled, Bennett said.<\/p> <p>Hoping to restore it, Bennett called <u>Senior PharmAssist<\/u>, a Durham nonprofit that advises Medicare beneficiaries and is one of more than 2,200 SHIP sites across the country. He was told he must wait until January to restart his drug coverage, said the group&#8217;s executive director, Gina Upchurch.<\/p> <p>He doesn&#8217;t qualify for the &#8220;Extra Help&#8221; low-income subsidy or meet other CMS criteria for a <u>special enrollment period<\/u>, which would allow him to change drug plans during the year. CMS typically allows midyear switches for beneficiaries who, for example, move out of their plan&#8217;s service area, experience a natural disaster, or get help paying for drugs from a <u>state program<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p>Senior PharmAssist was able to help one of its participants join another drug plan after she lost Value Script coverage because she is in North Carolina&#8217;s pharmacy assistance program for people with HIV\/AIDS and has limited income, Upchurch said.<\/p> <p>A further exception allows any Medicare beneficiary to enroll at any time in a drug plan that has earned five stars, the top grade in Medicare&#8217;s performance ratings. However, there are no five-star Medicare drug plans available to the general public. Only two insurers offer five-star plans, and only for retirees from certain employers. Their combined enrollment is about 8,700 as of June 1, according to the insurers.<\/p> <p>But Upchurch, with more than two decades of Medicare expertise, doesn&#8217;t blame beneficiaries for not paying attention or for assuming Wellcare&#8217;s messages were bogus. Older adults are particularly vulnerable to identity theft and other scams and are often advised to ignore junk mail and calls from telemarketers.<\/p> <p>Since Value Script members such as Bennett continued to get their prescriptions filled during the payment grace period, &#8220;why wouldn&#8217;t they think this was a scam?&#8221; Upchurch asked. &#8220;They are constantly bombarded by people selling them something that&#8217;s illegitimate or trying to scam them.&#8221;<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=4703\">Sky Uber? 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