Seniors Impacted by Discontinued Medicare Advantage Plans

There will be a total of 34,664 Ohio Medicare beneficiaries receiving
letters from their Medicare Advantage plans indicating that the plan
will NOT be available in 2010. 

Most of the letters are coming from five companies and affect
beneficiaries mainly in nine counties. Here is the list of the
companies and the amount of beneficiaries effected:

  • Coventry Health Care, Inc - 12,362
  • WellCare Health Plans, Inc - 11,387
  • UnitedHealth Group, Inc. - 6,981
  • Aetna Inc. - 93
  • Humana Inc. - 2, 896

The nine counties with the highest number of beneficiaries effected are
Butler, Columbiana, Cuyahoga, Franklin Hamilton, Lake, Miami, Montgomery
and Stark.

Anyone who has questions regarding their plan can be directed to the
OSHIIP hotline at 1-800-686-1578.