More than 87,000 Iowans on Medicare have been told their current plan is being canceled or discontinued in their county for 2027. The Iowa Insurance Division announced the count on October 15, the day Medicare open enrollment began. The division also said Iowans will no longer be able to buy a Medicare Advantage plan that keeps the Mayo Clinic in network.
The notices reach people in Medicare Advantage, cost plans and stand-alone drug plans. Open enrollment runs through December 7, and the choice a household makes this fall decides which doctors, hospitals and drugs are covered starting January 1.
Which Iowa plans are ending for 2027
The Iowa Insurance Division’s announcement says the full list of affected plans and counties sits on the website of SHIIP-SMP, the state’s free Medicare counseling program. More than 700,000 Medicare beneficiaries live in Iowa, so a count above 87,000 reaches a large share of them…