Medicare Advantage members who have UnitedHealthcare plans are set to lose two large health systems on Jan. 1, 2027: Lee Health in Fort Myers, Florida, and M Health Fairview in Minnesota. People in those plans who want to keep seeing the same hospitals and doctors have until Dec. 7 to move to a plan that includes them. The two cases are not the same, and one of them is still open to a deal.
Who has to decide by Dec. 7
Anyone on a UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage plan who uses Lee Health hospitals and doctors in Lee County, or a Fairview hospital or clinic in Minnesota, now faces a choice. Keep the plan and lose that provider, or switch to a plan that still covers it. The first step is to ask each doctor’s office which Medicare Advantage plans it will take in 2027, then compare those plans’ premiums and drug costs.
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