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Old 03-05-2022, 07:26 AM
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Originally Posted by villagetinker View Post
OP, very sorry this happened to you, and this is one (of many) reasons that we choose to stay with Medicare and supplemental plan. We were on advantage plan for a short period when Villages Health decided to stop grandfathering of supplemental plans. We had some problems and were able to get back to supplemental WITHOUT the underwriting requirement. We will never go back to an advantage plan.
I am still a year away, but I have a side question. Can supplement plans be changed annually without underwriting? I know that underwriting is not required initially when reaching age 65.

PS I spent my first 22 years in Allentown

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