Many Medicare beneficiaries may soon learn that the health maintenance organizations (HMO’s) they belong to are pulling out of Medicare. HMOs leaving the program must notify Medicare by July 3 and their beneficiaries by October 2.
But beneficiaries will not lose their Medicare coverage. They will be covered by the original, fee-for-service Medicare on January 1. Or they may enroll in another HMO, if available where they live, during an enrolment period from October 1 through December 31.
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