UCare, other carriers dropping Medicare Advantage Plans, leaving 200K Minnesota seniors without health insurance

Nearly 200,000 Minnesota senior are scrambling to find affordable options to ensure uninterrupted health care after several carriers are either dropping or cutting back on Medicare Advantage Plans.

Minneapolis-based UCare made the most significant change, gutting their program entirely.

"I find it very difficult at this age to be worrying about health insurance," said Elizabeth Borchert, a UCare policy holder in Ham Lake, Minnesota. "We have, as a family, have worried about health care and insurance most of our lives. We live on Social Security. We don't have an income coming in other than Social Security."

On its website, UCare cited rising costs for cutting its Medicare Advantage Plans, which offer seniors more comprehensive coverage than Medicare on its own.

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