Hey Folks... It Is That Time Again: Medicare Enrollment!

Hey folks... It is that time again: Medicare enrollment!

It is time for all of us seniors to have to re-enroll for Medicare.

Boy, are we in for a shock! The Republicans have cut Medicare... more out-of-pocket expenses and higher premiums! Trump has to pay off the tax cuts for the billionaires!

Families USA wrote...

Consumer advocates and Families USA forewarned that when congressional Republicans chose to take a sledgehammer to our nation’s health care by passing H.R. 1 and cutting Medicaid by more than $900 billion (the deepest in the program’s 60-year history), it would cause incredible harm to America’s families and communities. Republicans chose to enact this deeply destructive legislation anyway, and so, Families USA began documenting the damage — to hold leaders accountable, and to prevent further damage by keeping the spotlight on the deepest wounds. In the wake of the bill’s passage, we published a series of deep-dive assessments of its most damaging provisions under the banner “Dissecting the Deepest Cuts.” This post traces common threads across that series, highlighting what advocates can do as we approach a new year and a new Congress.

The big picture is this: H.R. 1’s provisions and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implementation choices add up to a coordinated dismantling of the Medicaid program, including its eligibility systems, payment structures and financing mechanisms, with disastrous consequences for families and the whole health care system.

FackCheck.org wrote back in the 2024 elections...

In an interview with Breitbart on March 13, Trump said, “I will never do anything that will jeopardize or hurt Social Security or Medicare. We’ll have to do it elsewhere. But we’re not going to do anything to hurt them.”

“There’s so many things we can do,” Trump said. “There’s so much cutting and so much waste in so many other areas, but I’ll never do anything to hurt Social Security.”

There are aspects of Trump’s comments that support the interpretations of both campaigns.

Trump said there is “a lot to do” with entitlements “in terms of cutting and in terms of also the theft and the bad management of entitlements.” The word “also” suggests he was talking about “theft and bad management” in addition to cutting entitlement programs.

First of all, Social Security and Medicare are not F**king entitlements! I paid into them all my F**king life! But the Republicans keep calling them entitlements... why? Because they want their billionaire friends to get their grubby little hands on the money!

Detroit Free Press... 

Will Medicare increase in 2027? Some costs to rise, but not all are clear

Medicare open enrollment for 2027 has begun, with projected changes including a possible 3.25% rise in Part B premiums, lower average Medicare Advantage premiums nationally, modest increases in Part D costs, and specific updates for Michigan beneficiaries such as higher MA plan premiums and new eligibility requirements.

Key points:

• The 2026‑27 Medicare open enrollment period runs from Oct. 15, 2026 to Dec. 7, 2026, with new coverage starting Jan. 1, 2027.
• CMS projects a potential 3.25% increase in the Part B premium for 2027, from $202.90 in 2026 to about $209.50.
• The weighted average monthly premium for Medicare Advantage (Part C) plans nationwide is projected to fall from $14.37 in 2026 to $12 in 2027, a 16.5% decline.
• The average monthly premium for stand‑alone Part D plans is expected to rise slightly, from $35.09 in 2026 to $36 in 2027, while the average Part D premium for MA plans with drug coverage is projected to drop from $11.32 to $7.
• In Michigan, the average monthly Medicare Advantage premium is projected to increase from $14.88 in 2026 to $16.21 in 2027, with 181 MA plans available in 2027 versus 192 in 2026.

Medicare open enrollment is in full swing for beneficiaries who are part of the federal program, but whether it will cost more overall is still unclear.

The 2026-27 open enrollment period began Thursday, Oct. 15, and will end Monday, Dec. 7 ― which marks the last day to make changes to your Medicare plan, as your new coverage will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2027, according to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

The Republicans will say anything and do anything to get elected!

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