Is your Medicare Part D prescription drug plan or Medicare Advantage plan still being offered in 2015?

Each plan year, Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage plans have the option of not renewing their Medicare contract and their plans can be discontinued across the country or in a specific service area.

This means that, if a 2014 Medicare plan providers do not offer any alternative plans for their existing members - then the 2014 members of the discontinued Medicare plan must find a new Medicare Part D or Medicare Advantage plan - or be without 2015 Medicare Part D or Medicare Advantage plan coverage.

The following chart shows examples of 2014 stand-alone Medicare Part D prescription drug plans that will no longer be available in 2015, along with the number of people who will be affected:

Discontinued 2014 Stand-Alone Prescription Drug Plans with Membership
Plan Name	States	Members Affected
MedicareRx Rewards Standard (PDP)	all states	41,941
HealthMarkets Value Rx (PDP)	all states	21,775
BlueCross BlueShield Rx PDP (PDP)	NY	7,367
Blue MedicareRx Plus (PDP)	ME NH	6,275
EmblemHealth Medicare Prescription Drug Plan (PDP)	NY	5,744
AmeriHealth Rx Option I (PDP)	PA WV	5,352
PICA Primero (PDP)	PR	4,665
SecureAdvantage Rx - Option 1 (PDP)	OH PA WV	4,649
AmeriHealth Rx Option II (PDP)	PA WV	3,984
Aetna CVS/pharmacy Prescription Drug Plan(PDP)	ME NH	2,724
Blue MedicareRx Standard (PDP)	ME NH	2,429
Triple-S FarmaMed Plus (PDP)	PR	1,854
SecureAdvantage Rx - Option II (PDP)	OH PA WV	1,501
MedicareRx Rewards Plus (PDP)	FL NM	1,468

What if your 2014 Medicare Part D plan or Medicare Advantage plan is not offered in 2015?

If your Medicare Advantage plan or Medicare Part D plan is discontinued in 2015, you may choose to join a new Medicare Advantage plan or Medicare Part D plan during the annual Open Enrollment Period.

However, if you do not enroll in a new Medicare Advantage plan or Medicare Part D plan by December 7th, you will be provided a Special Enrollment Period to join a 2015 Medicare plan from December 8, 2014 through February 28, 2015 (also called the Service Area Reduction Special Enrollment Period).

Remember, if your current Medicare plan is discontinued next year, your 2014 Medicare prescription drug coverage will end on December 31, 2014.

If you wait until January to enroll in a 2015 plan, your new prescription drug coverage will take effect on February 1st, so you will have no prescription drug coverage for the month of January, and it continues that if you wait until February to enroll in a 2015 plan, your coverage will take effect on March 1st, so you will have no prescription drug coverage for January or February, 2015.

Our PDP-Compare and MA-Compare tools show the 2014 stand-alone Medicare Part D prescription drug plans (PDPs) and Medicare Advantage plans (MAs or MAPDs) across the country that will be merged, discontinued, or added in 2015.