Agony for 419,000 Oregonians on Medicare Annual Enrollment

Are you one of them?

Consumers 65+ are being barraged by endless TV, radio, advertising, mail, phone calls, and emails.

Thousands of Oregonians are being hounded by the Annual Enrollment licensed agent hustle. Agents (also called brokers) play a numbers game to boost their annual commission. Thousands of Oregonian Medicare beneficiaries, many with chronic conditions, are squeezed out of a plan that may be best for them and switched to a plan not in their best interest.

Medicare Beneficiaries should be educated about the reality of Medicare Annual Enrollment season, which is happening now and runs until for plans that start January 1, 2025.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid created this season to give beneficiaries the right to become educated about their Medicare health plans and if necessary, to CHOOSE a plan that best fits into their lifestyle and health needs. Not everybody needs to change their plan. No one should get persuaded or scared into changing their plan if it is working for them. For those seeking information, there is help.

At Woloshin, we pride ourselves in empowering with education. Our next public event is coming up on Thursday, November 7, from 1 – 3 p.m., a free community-wide interactive workshop explains Medicare, Medicaid, benefits, costs and answers individual questions.

The community event is led by health educator Mara Woloshin and is sponsored by Jewish Family & Child Service, Congregation Neveh Shalom, and supported by a JFCS grant from Marcy Tonkin. The presentation is in person but will also be available online.

As the space is limited, RSVPs are strongly encouraged. To RSVP, people should go to www.jfcs.org/medicare.

Hope to see you there.