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HHS
Deputy
Secretary,
Medicare
Director,
to host
Detroit
town
hall on
Medicare
plans
for 2025
Open
enrollment
period
runs
through
Dec. 7
and is
more
important
now amid
updates
to
cost-saving
benefits
DETROIT,
Michigan
– On
Wednesday,
Oct. 16,
at 11:30
a.m.,
U.S.
Department
of
Health
and
Human
Services
(HHS)
Deputy
Secretary
Andrea
Palm and
U.S.
Centers
for
Medicare
and
Medicaid
Deputy
Administrator
and
Center
for
Medicare
Director
Dr.
Meena
Seshamani,
will
hold a
town
hall in
Detroit,
encouraging
seniors
to sign
up for
cost-saving
Medicare
plans
for
2025.
Medicare’s
open
enrollment
period,
when
seniors
are
eligible
to
choose
the
right
plan and
can make
changes
to their
plan,
begins
Tuesday,
Oct. 15,
and runs
through
Dec. 7.
Deputy
Secretary
Palm and
Deputy
Administrator
Seshamani
will
join
Michigan
Department
of
Insurance
Financial
Services
Director
Anita
Fox,
Detroit
City
Councilwoman
Mary
Waters
and
others.
The town
hall
forum
will
highlight
the many
new
benefits
of
Medicare,
including
caps on
out-of-pocket
costs on
prescription
drugs
and
insulin,
along
with
free
recommended
vaccines
for
people
with
Medicare
prescription
drug
coverage.
The new
benefits
are made
possible
by
President
Biden’s
and Vice
President
Harris’
new
lower
cost
prescription
drug
law, the
Inflation
Reduction
Act.
This
Town
Hall is
to
inform
seniors
about
the new
benefits
and
importance
of
enrolling
in
Medicare
during
open
enrollment
The
event
will be
held
Wednesday,
Oct. 16,
11:30
a.m. to
12:30
p.m. at
Woodbridge
Senior
Village,
1200
Martin
Luther
King Jr.
Blvd.,
Detroit,
MI 48201
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