This is a correction/update of information about Medicare open enrollment in the prior newsletter. My apologies for the double mailing.

If you are in the target age category, you are experiencing a deluge of Medicare mailings. It pays to shop your policies if you have Medicare Advantage (through commercial insurers), and your Supplemental and Part D coverage if you have original Medicare. You can do that at the official government site Medicare Plan Finder

Every year the insurance companies change their exclusions, pricing and formularies for prescription drugs. You have until December 7 (open enrollment period) to add or change plans. 

For help with the process, call your local SHIIP program.Go to this link to find your local office. They have counsellors who can assist you. 

Or you may want to start with the non profit Medicare Rights Center's excellent website Medicare Interactive for more information.

The last article is an opinion piece on the vote this week to kill the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's regulation to stop financial companies from inserting mandatory arbitration requirements into the fine print of consumer contracts. 

Best,
Carole