Medicare Advantage enrollment chaos, and more expensive stars

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Dynamite in the Medicare marketplaces

Over the past few years, the Medicare insurance markets have become an increasingly feverish game of hot potato (some may even call it cherry-picking, who’s to say). Numerous health insurance companies have altered benefits and drug formularies with the intention of pushing their sicker, costlier customers to choose a competitor’s plan. 

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