The Costly, Confusing Medicare Choices Facing 62 Million Americans

<p>It’s Medicare open enrollment — the one chance each year that all 62 million beneficiaries have to shop for better coverage. But choosing a new plan is much harder and riskier than it seems.</p><br><p>Guests:</p><p>Lilyan Grossman, Medicare beneficiary</p><p><a href="https://www.kff.org/person/tricia-neuman/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tricia Neuman</a>, ScD, Senior Vice President and Executive Director of the Program on Medicare Policy, Kaiser Family Foundation</p><p><a href="https://vivo.brown.edu/display/atrivedi" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Amal Trivedi</a>, MD, Professor of Medicine and Health Services, Policy, and Practice, Brown UniversityBlurb:</p><br><p>Dig deeper into the research and tradeoffs of shopping around for Medicare plans: <a href="https://tradeoffs.org/2021/10/28/medicare-open-enrollment" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tradeoffs.org/2021/10/28/medicare-open-enrollment</a>&nbsp;</p><br><p>Sign up for our weekly newsletter to see what research health policy experts are reading right now, plus recommendations from our staff: <a href="https://mailchi.mp/63a60bee39a5/tradeoffsnewsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">bit.ly/tradeoffsnewsletter</a></p><br><p>Support this type of journalism today, with a gift: <a href="https://tradeoffs.org/donate" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tradeoffs.org/donate</a></p><br><p>Follow us on Twitter:&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod</a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>