More than 87,000 Iowa Medicare beneficiaries have been told their current plan is being canceled or discontinued in their county for 2027, the Iowa Insurance Division announced on Oct. 15. Members who want no break in coverage when the new year starts must select a replacement by Dec. 31, 2026, the division says. The cancellations include both Wellmark’s and Medica’s Medicare Advantage PPOs, the preferred-provider plans many Iowans use in place of Original Medicare.
The division counts more than 700,000 Medicare beneficiaries in Iowa, so the notices reach a large share of the state’s older residents. The state is urging people to open the mail from their plans. Kristin Griffith, director of the state’s Senior Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP), said it is “more important than ever that Iowa Medicare recipients open and read mail from their Medicare plan.”…