About 300 people attended a Modesto forum Friday to hear about changes to the federal Medicare program starting in January.
UnitedHealthcare announced recently it was discontinuing a long-standing Medicare Advantage HMO in Stanislaus County, effective Jan. 1. There’s also concern the fallout from federal Medicare spending cuts next year will result in rate increases or decisions by insurers about their plans in the county.
Once called Secure Horizons, the AARP United Healthcare HMO provided access to Sutter Health physicians and medical facilities, as well as other physicians. Sutter notified about 4,100 members of the UnitedHealthcare plan to change insurance if they want to keep their Sutter physicians and medical services…